Tottenham continue behind the scenes shake-up with double departure

Tottenham's director of performance services Adam Brett and head of sports science Nick Davies have both left the club after only a year, football.london understands.

Brett arrived last summer after almost a decade at Brighton while Davies joined Spurs at the same time from West Ham and having worked with the Welsh national team. Tottenham struggled with injuries galore last season under Ange Postecoglou, with the Australian at times only having 13 to 14 fit senior players to call upon during the middle of the campaign.

Of particular concern for the former Spurs boss was reinjuries, notably to key players such as Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero as well as the likes of Wilson Odobert, Richarlison and Ben Davies.

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“I never think it's just bad luck,” said Postecoglou during the season. "Some of it is. I've never lost a goalkeeper for this period of time [before]. But some of it is recurring, particularly this year in terms of guys coming back and re-injuring. It's something we're looking at.

"We're always trying to explore whether we can do things better. Last year was different to this year. Last year it hit us across the board. This year it's more guys that are coming back who are affected. Knock on wood, we've got a core group who are playing a lot and are getting through it ok. But it is something we are trying to address."

Tottenham have continued to review their medical and sports science departments over the past year after making those changes last summer which came with the departure of head of medicine and sports science Geoff Scott after 20 years at the north London club.

football.london reported previously that there was set to be another big shake-up of the medical side of the club and now Brett and Davies have also departed just 12 months on, with Davies having moved to another club. He has been mooted to make the switch to Everton to link up again with David Moyes.

There is expected to be a process to replace both men at the club in due course but in the mean time new Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank will have familiar faces around him for the season ahead with one of his right-hand men Chris Haslam arriving with him from Brentford as head of performance as well as being a first team assistant coach.

Nick Stubbings has taken up a role as the lead of medical following 11 years with the Bees with Tom Perryman coming across as a strength and conditioning coach.

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