Notts County bring in Harry Kewell as manager and re-sign Rob Milsom from Crawley Town

Notts County have had an eventful Friday morning as Harry Kewell was officially appointed as manager while Rob Milsom rejoined his former club.

Both arrivals have been plucked from Crawley Town, their manager penning a contract of undisclosed length and midfielder Milsom joining initially on loan until January, when the deal is expected to become permanent.

In what has been a bumper morning, Crawley assistant manager Warren Feeney also comes along with Kewell, while several boardroom changes have also taken place at Meadow Lane.

Alan Hardy will be appointing a technical director at Notts, but as part of the restructure, Darren Fletcher will be standing down from his role as vice-chairman.

“Having now worked in football for a significant period of time, I have had the opportunity to learn from other clubs what good looks like," Hardy said of Kewell on the official website.

“I have therefore decided to appoint a technical director, who will set the club’s overall footballing philosophy and be on hand to support and mentor the manager as required.

“Harry will, however, be solely responsible for our first-team squad, having the final say on transfers, tactics and team selection.

“He has enjoyed an excellent start to his managerial career and I am hugely impressed with his knowledge and attention to detail.

“I thoroughly enjoyed our discussions about the role and have been left with no doubt that he has a fierce ambition to succeed and a real enthusiasm to work for Notts County.

“I’m excited to see how he implements his exciting methods and look forward to him working with our new technical director.”

Milsom spoke about Hardy, his manager at Crawley and now at Notts, saying:  “Harry has been absolutely brilliant for me. He’s given me a new lease of life and confidence.

“I’m really enjoying my football under him and hope I can continue to add to my game in line with his style of play.

“It suits me and I think the supporters will really enjoy the way he wants to do things, which is to get the ball down and pass it.

“The message he was trying to get across to us at Crawley is that he wants us to be an exciting team to watch.

“Obviously, the main focus will be being solid defensively, but as time goes on and his ideas come across to the players I think you’ll see a really enjoyable, exciting, attacking team.

“He’s a very hardworking manager. He’ll work a lot on getting the boys in the right shape both defensively and attacking.

“You know exactly what you’re going to be doing and what he wants from you as a player.”

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