Season › 2014-15 › News Sunderland prise away Head of Recruitment , 19 November, 4comments | Jump to most recent The Sunderland Echo is claiming that Danny Philpott, Everton's head of national and international recruitment, is poised to join Sunderland as assistant academy manager. Philpott has played his part in a fruitful Everton academy, which has seen midfielder Ross Barkley join the England set-up. Everton were champions of the Under-18 Premier League last season, with England U17 skipper Ryan Ledson earning a spot on the first-team bench last season. Quotes sourced from Sunderland Echo Reader Comments (4) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Karl Masters 1 Posted 20/11/2014 at 18:00:42 Never heard of him. Ged Simpson 2 Posted 20/11/2014 at 18:18:27 Brill Karl. May be a great sneaky move.or ...... Phil Walling 3 Posted 20/11/2014 at 18:38:57 Will give Bobby the chance to get another old mate from Wigan in! Paul Andrews 4 Posted 20/11/2014 at 18:59:33 Roberto will stick with what he knows best. If he employs the guy who spotted McCarthy I hope he does it soon. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads © ToffeeWeb