Stoke City recruitment pair to leave at the end of the season

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Stoke City's Head of Football Operations Andy Cousins and Chief Scout Tommy Coakley will leave the English Championship club at the 2022-23 campaign.

I would like to place on record my thanks to Andy and Tommy for their efforts on behalf of Stoke City. They have opportunities to seek elsewhere, and we wish them all the best in their future endeavours. This now provides Alex [Neil, Manager] and I with an opportunity to appoint and work closely with new individuals in this area.

Ricky Martin

Technical Director, Stoke City

Cousins (pictured) and Coakley, whose remit leads on player recruitment, joined the club in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Ricky Martin, Stoke City's Technical Director, will lead the process for new appointments, with the help of a specialist recruitment agency.

He said: "I would like to place on record my thanks to Andy and Tommy for their efforts on behalf of Stoke City. They have opportunities to seek elsewhere, and we wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

"This now provides Alex [Neil, Manager] and I with an opportunity to appoint and work closely with new individuals in this area."

Photo credit: Stoke City

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