Manchester United appoint new recruitment analyst

Manchester United have appointed Neil McIlhargey as a recuritment analyst for the club.

McIlhargey has started working with United having previously held positions in English football with roles at both Watford and Brentford.

The analyst also worked as the former Head of Analysis for Scottish side Rangers, after he was brought to the club under the reign of former manager Mark Warburton, who he worked with during his time at Brentford.

McIlhargey's role at Rangers saw him head up the analysis team at Ibrox as well as work alongside the coaching staff. He was also invovled in helping with the recuritment of transfer targets.

After three successful years at Rangers McIlhargey worked as a consultant analyst, a role which saw him work closely with the Scottish FA, and in particular their youth sides.

McIlhargey becomes the second notable addition to the United set-up since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was made permanent manager of the club, after Andrew Meredith also joined the club as an analysis operations manager early this season.

The former director of performance analysis for FC St.Pauli officially started working for United in September.

Prior to his spell with the German second division side Meredith worked as a coach with the German hockey side which won gold at the both the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 olympics.

The 47-year-old also previously held a role as a technical analyst for the Australian men's national football side.