Scott Sellars joins Academy staff

Another step in the reforming of the Academy set-up after the sidelining of Jim Cassell:

City’s next generation of young hopefuls will have the benefit of even more experience to learn from with the appointment of Scott Sellars as Under 18s coach.

Scott’s 20-year playing career took in distinguished spells at Leeds, Newcastle and Bolton among others and since hanging up his boots seven years ago he has coached at both youth team and senior level at clubs including Mansfield, Chesterfield and Sheffield United.

His appointment enhances the back-room team at Platt Lane, which was recently added to with the arrival of Brian Kidd as Technical Development Manager.

Sturridge expresses desire to stay at City

Having secured Michael Johnson on a new long term contract, the next priorities must surely be Joe Hart and Danny Sturridge.

There is good news today regarding the latter, as he discussed his future in an exclusive interview with mcfctv.com. He discussed how he came to City and his friendship with Johnson, Nedum Onuoha and Micah Richards. When asked whether he was happy at City, he replied:

Yeah very happy indeed. I never want to leave Manchester City Football Club. I'm very happy here and hopefully I'll be here for many more years to come.

I know that all footballers say that when asked, but it is nevertheless nice to hear it. And given last week's tabloid rumours that a new £25,000/week contract has been offered, it seems that a deal could be reached to secure the future of another of Jim Cassell's stars.