Graham Carr, father of comedian Alan, to be Newcastle chief scout

07 February 2010 00:14
Graham Carr, the father of TV comedian Alan Carr, will be announced as the new chief scout at Newcastle United this week.[LNB]Carr, 65, has been taken on by owner Mike Ashley to boost the club's scouting network following the tarnished regime of previous director of football Dennis Wise.[LNB] New recruit: Mike Ashley (pictured) is to hireGraham Carr as his new chief scout[LNB] It emerged at a tribunal which awarded ex-boss Kevin Keegan £2 million that Newcastle had signed an unknown Uruguayan as 'a favour' to two South American agents.[LNB]Carr's last role was as part of Sven Goran Eriksson's scouting team at Notts County.[LNB] Manchester United lead Everton in chase for Norwegian defender HovlandRafa Benitez confident of beating Valencia and Milan to Milan JovanovicEx-England caretaker boss Taylor could lead Nigeria at 2010 World Cup[LNB]  

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