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BBC News
5 hours ago
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- BBC News
Man Utd confirm departure of academy head Cox
Manchester United have confirmed that Nick Cox, the club's head of academy, is leaving after nine years of leaves behind a significant legacy in youth development, having played a key role in shaping the careers of several first-team and international joined Manchester United in 2016 from Sheffield United and became head of academy in 2019, has been instrumental in modernising the club's youth is set to become technical director at Everton, though he will remain at the Old Trafford club until at least the end of the summer."Youth development is an important part of the lifeblood of this club, having the responsibility of supporting this generation of young people and staff to ensure that the system continues to thrive has been an immense privilege," said Cox."Working alongside some of the most talented and dedicated youth developers in the world has been a huge honour. There are countless individuals behind the scenes who play a vital role in supporting our young players to maximise their potential."I will be forever grateful for their support and know they will ensure that the academy continues to go from strength to strength as the club enters an exciting new era."United director of football Jason Wilcox added: "Nick has made a huge contribution to Manchester United over the past nine years. I was already well aware of his qualities before I arrived at the club, and have really enjoyed working together."Identifying and developing the best youth talent remains one of this club's top priorities, and we are grateful for the work Nick has done to provide such a strong foundation for us to continue to build on."
BBC News
5 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Everton confirm new football leadership appointments
Everton have confirmed four new appointments as part of the football leadership structure at the Toffees have appointed Nick Cox as technical director, James Smith as director of scouting and recruitment, Chris Howarth to direct the club's football strategy and analytics operations and Nick Hammond to lead the club's player trading is currently academy director at Manchester United while Smith will join in September from across Manchester, moving from the position as director of scouting and recruitment at the City Football Group. Howarth has worked with 14 clubs across Europe through his consultancy Insight Sport which Everton owners The Friedkin Group have acquired as part of his his retirement from playing, Hammond has worked as director of football for 13 years at Reading, technical director at West Brom for three years and head of football operations at Celtic Chief Executive Officer Angus Kinnear said: "I'm delighted with the appointments of Nick, James and Nick. "Their CVs speak for themselves - they are exceptional operators, hugely respected in the game and an example of the ambition we hold as a club in ensuring the pathways and structures in place across our football operations are of the very highest standard."The fact we had such exceptional candidates for these positions is also a reflection of the direction of the club. "The new football leadership structure will ensure our two managers have the very best support, and the very best operators driving the key football operations, to ensure our collective ambitions are realised."
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Everton's new technical director 'signing of the summer'
BBC Radio Merseyside spoke to the Daily Mail's Nathan Salt on what new Everton technical director and former Manchester United academy chief Nick Cox will bring to the club."I don't think it's a good move - I think it's a great move," Salt said. "I think it'll be one of the best pieces of business any club will do all summer. "All of the people I've spoken to said he is one of the best in academy football, and I know that's not going to be his role but he's been chomping at the bit to get a senior job."He's turned down multiple technical director and sporting director offers across Europe at clubs at decent level and all the word I've got is that he was directly headhunted by Everton and he just found it too good to turn down."They're getting someone who genuinely puts players at the heart of all his decisions. The things he's put into place at United – taking a middling academy and turning it into one of the best in the country."Everton weren't best pleased when the news broke because they thought they'd pulled off the signing of the summer in secret."Listen to the full chat on BBC Sounds
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Man United's biggest loss this summer: Insiders reveal the huge hole left by Nick Cox's Everton move, how he transformed United's academy and the reason every player's parents will miss him
Even as late as this week, Nick Cox was keen to confine talk of his exit to as small a circle as possible. After nine years at Manchester United, Cox is heading for a new challenge at Everton where the prospect of becoming technical director and getting the scope to map out a brighter future for the Toffees was simply too good a role to turn down.
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Man Utd academy chief exit leaves big shoes to fill
It was lost amid the new fixtures coming out and the row over Manchester United's ticket price rise but Nick Cox's decision to leave the club to take over as technical director at Everton is pretty is built on its youth programme. There has been a home-grown player, or someone from the academy in their squad for every first-team match since October 1937, a run of over 4,000 games.I have spoken to a lot of people in the game over the past 24 hours and all say Cox will be a huge loss to United when he eventually steps aside as academy role has evolved hugely in the modern game but to underline what the person heading the academy is in charge of, there is a link through coaching from the Busby Babes through Wilf McGuiness, to the likes of Tony Whelan, Brian Kidd, Eric Harrison and Paul McGuiness of those people who are either steeped in United history, or stayed so long to shape the club's youth to signing Matheus Cunha or, probably, Bryan Mbeumo, the identity of Cox's replacement will not grab it will be fascinating to see whether the club goes for someone with United connections, or someone known to technical director Jason Wilcox, or someone completely way, as with the first team, United need to get the recruitment right, particularly given they are also looking for an under-18 coach following the departure of Adam Lawrence and have a vacancy in their PL2 set-up after assistant coach David Hughes took the manager's job at Newport.
