Ange Postecoglou has just lost another member of his backroom staff, with Football.London reporting that Nathan Gardiner has left his role at Tottenham to join Chris Davies’ coaching set-up at Birmingham City.
Davies vacated his role as Postecoglou’s senior assistant coach earlier this summer to take over Birmingham City’s new head coach.
The move would not have come as a surprise, with the Welshman being rather a sought-after figure among various EFL clubs.
Having served as Brendan Rodgers’ assistant at both Leicester and Celtic and having had the valuable experience of working under Postecolgou for a season, Davies will now attempt to forge his own managerial career.
The 39-year-old’s first challenge will be to bring Birmingham straight back up to the Championship after their relegation to League One last season.
To help him achieve that Davies has now decided to turn to a familiar face, poaching Tottenham’s head of sports science, Nathan Gardiner.
Gardiner will join Daives’ staff at St Andrew’s, with the Midlands club confirming that he will work as a liaison between the club’s coaching staff, their medical team and the performance department.
The League One club said: “Gardiner will assist the performance department to ensure players achieve optimal fitness and conditioning, whilst working closely with the club’s medical department with a focus on recovery and rehabilitation. His expertise will also aid in the monitoring of player loading and the planning and delivery of pre-game preparation”.
Davies said about the appointment: “Nathan has extensive experience in fitness and conditioning, having worked at the top level of English football for the last 18 years, 14 of which were at Spurs where I worked with him. As well as a deep knowledge of loading and periodisation, Nathan is an excellent communicator amongst both players and staff.”
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Davies was always going to turn to familiar faces to assist him and it is not surprising that he has now poached Garner.
This will not be too big a loss for Tottenham, given that the 49-year-old only started working in Hotspur Way earlier this year.
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