Leicester City have appointed a Head of Football Analytics as they look to reshape the club structure under Brendan Rodgers.

Mladen Sormaz will take on the role, where he will focus on data driven insights into the performance of the team and other related matters.

He will have a wide purview, including recruitment, sports science and medicine.

Sormaz will start out working with the first team, before expanding his role to the whole club when their new training complex opens in 2020.

Speaking to Training Ground Guru about his new position at the King Power Stadium, Sormaz said: "I'm really excited to get going.

"Leicester have a very talented staff and I'm keen to be a part of that expertise and energy. They are willing to invest in the process side of analytics - so not just focusing on what can be done tomorrow, but to build things from the ground up.

"They are ambitious and trying to push the club on to the next level.

"Statsbomb gave me the chance to do my first football analysis blog and then Joe Mulberry ran a hackathon about three years ago, which was the first time I'd really watched football data.

"I'm very grateful to both of them - and to Football Whispers and Huddersfield Town for the opportunities that they've given me."