Newcastle United have raided Man City once again to bring in Ciaran Hughes as the club's new lead video analyst.
Hughes, who was working as an analyst with City's elite development squad (EDS), is the latest new recruit to make the move from the Etihad after Paul Midgley joined the club as head of youth recruitment and Paul McLaren agreed to take up a role as head of national youth scouting. Although McLaren has been put on gardening leave by City, ChronicleLive understands Hughes has already started work at Newcastle ahead of a busy summer transfer window.
Hughes will work closely with Andy Howe, Newcastle's head of technical scouting, and be responsible for the club's seven new positional analysts, who will focus on specific positions within a designated geographical area rather than players in general. Among these new positional analysts are Graeme Tiffin, who has joined Newcastle from Middlesbrough, where he was a senior scout, and Josh Appleyard, who arrived from Norwich City. This approach will mirror the set-up at Brighton when sporting director Dan Ashworth was at the club.
