West Ham’s new head of recruitment Rob Newman has responded to joint-chairman David Gold’s warm welcome on social media.
Gold tweeted on Tuesday “I would like to welcome Rob Newman to West Ham United. Rob joins us from Man City where he spent more than 12 years in scouting and recruitment. Wishing you all the best Rob. dg”
Newham replied “Thank you David. I am looking forward to working with everyone at the club to help with the excellent work that has already been done Rob”
The 57-year-old joined from Premier League champions Manchester City, where he spent more than 12 years as an International Scouting and Recruitment Manager. He played a key role in managing the team of City’s scouts scouring the globe for the best talent available and will now bring his experience and expertise to London Stadium, as part of a restructuring of the Club’s football recruitment department.
A versatile former defender who made more than 600 senior appearances for the likes of Bristol City, Norwich City and Southend United, Newman had spells managing the Shrimpers, Cambridge United and as an assistant at Bournemouth, before moving into the field of scouting and recruitment with Manchester City in December 2008.
Born in Bradford-on-Avon in December 1963, Newman joined his local club Bristol City as an apprentice in 1981 and went on to make almost 400 appearances for the Robins, leading them to promotion to the old division two in 1990, before moving to Norwich in the summer of 1991 for a fee of £600,000.
At Carrow Road, he enjoyed the most successful spell of his career, as a member of the team that finished a club record third in the inaugural Premier League campaign of 1992/93, before playing a part in the famous defeat of Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup the following season.
After loan spells at Motherwell and Wigan, he joined Southend United in 1998 and made 72 appearances for our Essex neighbours, before returning to begin his managerial career at Roots Hall in 2001. A year in charge at Conference side Cambridge United followed, before he spent two years assisting Kevin Bond at Bournemouth.
After leaving the Cherries in September 2008, he took up a scouting role at Manchester City three months later and has been a key figure at the Club as they established himself as one of European football’s superpowers.