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

Graham Carr, the father of TV comedian Alan Carr, will be announced as the new chief scout at Newcastle United this week.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. New recruit: Mike Ashley (pictured) is to hireGraham Carr as his new chief scout 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.Carr's last role was as part of Sven Goran Eriksson's scouting team at Notts County. 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  

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