Tag: technical

Bristol City news: Former Arsenal technical director Ellis in talks to become Robins’ sporting director
22 April 2026 Off

Bristol City news: Former Arsenal technical director Ellis in talks to become Robins’ sporting director

By Total Football News

Former Arsenal technical director James Ellis is a serious contender to become Bristol City’s new sporting director.

Ellis has been locked in talks with the Championship side over the past fortnight with a view to taking the leadership position at Ashton Gate.

Discussions are accelerating, with a move to Bristol for Ellis understood to be at an advanced stage.

However, Sheffield Wednesday have also taken an interest in Ellis in

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West Bromwich Albion: Ex-Liverpool analyst Dominic Price named Baggies technical director
6 March 2026 Off

West Bromwich Albion: Ex-Liverpool analyst Dominic Price named Baggies technical director

By Total Football News

Steve Hermon, BBC Radio WM’s West Bromwich Albion reporter.

James Morrison’s appointment as interim head coach for the rest of the season is aimed at bringing some short‑term stability to The Hawthorns, but the club’s long‑term vision is now partly in the hands of another man in his 30s.

Dominic Price’s arrival as technical director had long been expected.

It was a role Albion hinted at in the summer when

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Johannes Spors: Southampton technical director on Tonda Eckert and promotion dream
11 December 2025 Off

Johannes Spors: Southampton technical director on Tonda Eckert and promotion dream

By Total Football News

Southampton technical director Johannes Spors has said the club are still targeting immediate promotion back to the Premier League following Tonda Eckert’s impressive start to life in the dugout.

Eckert’s run of six wins from his seven games in charge has turned Saints’ season around following their disappointing start under Will Still has delivered a fresh sense of confidence and optimism within St Mary’s.

In a wide-ranging BBC interview, Spors

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Brian Tinnion: Bristol City ‘cannot afford’ finished article, says technical director
11 February 2025 Off

Brian Tinnion: Bristol City ‘cannot afford’ finished article, says technical director

By Total Football News

Bristol City technical director Brian Tinnion has said the club cannot afford to buy players who are the “finished article”, after not signing anyone during the January transfer window.

The Robins did not bring in any players last month while four left on loan, with Tommy Backwell’s move to Cheltenham also made permanent.

At the start of the month the Championship club said they signed more players last summer –

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West Ham: Technical director Tim Steidten leaves club
4 February 2025 Off

West Ham: Technical director Tim Steidten leaves club

By Total Football News

Steidten’s departure was inevitable when new manager Potter confirmed Macaulay had arrived as head of recruitment.

Chairman David Sullivan sided with Steidten in his frosty relationship with former manager Moyes, withdrawing a contract offer to the Scot, who left the London Stadium at the end of last season.

The idea was to let Steidten, who made his name in Germany with Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen, oversee a revolution in

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Bristol City had to sell Tommy Conway said club’s technical director
22 November 2024 Off

Bristol City had to sell Tommy Conway said club’s technical director

By Total Football News

Bristol City had to sell homegrown talents Alex Scott, Antoine Semenyo and Tommy Conway says technical director Brian Tinnion.

Tinnion said the money was being reinvested in “young, hungry” players with the intention they would develop and help the club one day reach the Premier League.

“We offered him [Conway] the highest paid [wage] for his age ever at the football club and he was not interested,” Tinnion said at

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Stoke City: Jonathan Walters appointed as technical director
8 April 2024 0

Stoke City: Jonathan Walters appointed as technical director

By Total Football News
Jonathan Walters took over as interim technical director in February
Jonathan Walters took over as interim technical director on 23 February

Stoke City have appointed their former striker Jonathan Walters as technical director after two months in an interim role working alongside head coach Steven Schumacher.

The 40-year-old former Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Wrexham, Chester City and Ipswich Town player had his best days after joining Stoke in 2010.

Walters announced his retirement as a player while at Burnley in

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