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Neil Lennon has confirmed former Celtic and Manchester City striker Jim Melrose has taken up the position as Wanderers’ chief scout.
The 56-year-old was appointed at the end of December after a staffing re-structure which saw much of Dougie Freedman’s scouting and analysis department leave the club.
Scot Melrose has previously worked as a chief scout for Leicester City, as a football agent, and was also linked in 2009 with a buy-out of Stockport County.
“There's been changes,” Lennon confirmed yesterday. “Jim Melrose is in as chief scout. There's James Bell-Walker who is working under him and then there are scouts out working the field.
“We felt we needed a change and I needed my own people in, so I've done that. I know and trust them.”
Melrose made more than 400 appearances in his playing career spent chiefly with the likes of Leicester, Partick Thistle, Charlton Athletic and Shrewsbury Town.
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The 56-year-old was appointed at the end of December after a staffing re-structure which saw much of Dougie Freedman’s scouting and analysis department leave the club.
Scot Melrose has previously worked as a chief scout for Leicester City, as a football agent, and was also linked in 2009 with a buy-out of Stockport County.
“There's been changes,” Lennon confirmed yesterday. “Jim Melrose is in as chief scout. There's James Bell-Walker who is working under him and then there are scouts out working the field.
“We felt we needed a change and I needed my own people in, so I've done that. I know and trust them.”
Melrose made more than 400 appearances in his playing career spent chiefly with the likes of Leicester, Partick Thistle, Charlton Athletic and Shrewsbury Town.
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