Sunderland have lured Simon Wilson away from Manchester City to become the club’s new chief football officer to help manager David Moyes run the football side of the business.

Wilson, who spent 10 years at Manchester City as director of football services, worked with Moyes at the start of his managerial career at Preston North End and also spent four years at Southampton.

He has been brought in as both Moyes and chief executive Martin Bain feel Sunderland need to reorganise behind the scenes after privately arguing that the club has lost sight of its role in the North East.