Former West Ham defender Kenny Brown Jr set to make return amid recent behind-the-scenes change
Ricky Martin will now leave his role as academy manager at West Ham in order to take over the first team technical director role at Championship club Stoke City.
According to Training Ground Guru on 7 November, his last day at the London Stadium will be on Friday before he joins Stoke next week on 14 November.
It’s understood that former defender Kenny Brown Jr will make his return to the club as the interim academy manager.
Changes afoot
Martin was at West Ham for over three years but has decided that it’s time to move on and look for a better career prospect.
We wish him the best of luck as he has worked well and the academy has produced a number of players for the first team.
It will be interesting to see what kind of job Brown does and we understand the idea behind going for a former player.
A number of the youngsters at the club possibly grew up watching him play and it will be inspiring for them to have someone who’s played a number of games at the senior level.
It is understood that Mark Noble will play a big role in appointing Martin’s permanent replacement and it remains to be seen who he decides to go with.
There are changes going on behind the scenes at the club and we’re excited to see how it all pans out for the Hammers going forward but this certainly looks to be a club on the rise.