Mick Doherty has joined West Ham United with David Moyes pulling off a move to reunite with his former Everton talent scout.
The Hammers have made some key additions to their scouting team in recent times.
Rob Newman – formerly of Manchester City – has been heading up West Ham’s recruitment and they enjoyed a very positive summer window.
Ex-Norwich City striker Grant Holt and former Sheffield United man Georges Santos have also joined West Ham, who are leaving no stone unturned in their search for better recruitment.
Mick Doherty has joined West Ham United
It now looks like David Moyes has been able to add another new face to West Ham’s recruitment team.
The Scot has been chasing a deal for Mick Doherty of late and appears to have landed his man.
The Sun’s Alan Nixon reports that West Ham have brought in Doherty to scout ‘emerging talent’ for the future.
Doherty and Moyes go way back so this move isn’t a huge surprise.
Doherty worked as a 17-21 International and UK Scout for Everton during Moyes’ time in the Goodison Park dugout.
Doherty has been labelled as the man who discovered Wayne Rooney at Everton, as well as the likes of Seamus Coleman and even Shkodran Mustafi.
Chelsea moved in for Doherty after his stint with Everton before he became Head of Recruitment at Sunderland for the 2016-17 season.
Who was in charge of Sunderland that season? Oh, it was Moyes.
Celtic snapped up Doherty as he left Sunderland following their relegation to the Championship, becoming a first-team scout for the Bhoys between 2017 and 2022.
Doherty left Celtic over the summer though and Moyes has been interested in a reunion.
That deal has now been done and Doherty will be charged with the task of finding promising youngsters for West Ham to target in January and beyond.
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