Barnsley Football Club can confirm that Dean Whitehead has left the club to join the backroom team at Stoke City.

Whitehead joined the Reds this summer as part of Darrell Clarke’s coaching staff, however he has now exercised a clause in his agreement allowing him to leave Oakwell.

We would like to thank Dean for his hard work over the past two months and we wish him well for the future.

Connor Hourihane will step up to a broader role whilst also being available to Darrell Clarke as a player for the duration of the season.

Here today gone tomorrow.