Stoke City have appointed Ricky Martin as their new technical director.
Martin, who previously worked with Stoke boss Alex Neil at Norwich City, helping him to win promotion in 2015, has left his job as West Ham United academy boss to move to the Potteries.
Martin and Neil will both report directly to joint chairman John Coates.
He joins an inconsistent Stoke side who are 15th in the Championship, in their fifth season since being relegated from the Premier League.
Prior to his four years with West Ham, Martin combined a playing career in non-league football with a youth development role at Cambridge United before moving to Norwich City, where he spent 16 years including jobs as academy manager and then technical director.