Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray has wished Stuart Harvey well ahead of his appointment as Sunderland's new head of recruitment.
The Northern Irishman is expected to be confirmed in the role at the Stadium of Light imminently, with Mowbray speaking about his departure from a similar role at Ewood Park.
While not mentioning Sunderland directly, Mowbray revealed Harvey had been 'headhunted' and thanked him for the 'amazing' work he has done with Rovers.
“For Stuart it’s a positive for him, he had an offer he probably couldn’t refuse I’d suggest, he was headhunted, and he’s made the decision for his life and his career and I wish him well,” Mowbray said ahead of Blackburn's Championship game at Wycombe on Friday.
“For our football club recruitment still remains massively important, the processes that Stuart put in place are very much still there, he doesn’t take that with him, this club have invested a lot of money on different systems, data-driven systems that cost quite a lot of money that spill out the names of the footballers who spit out the names of the players we want to play.
“All of the structure he’s put in place is going to be there and the person who comes in will have all of that.
"They will need to be data-driven, need to know how to work all the systems, but that will continue and we thank Stuart for the amazing work he’s done and we wish him well in his time going forward.”
Sunderland have not had an official head of recruitment since Tony Coton's departure last year, but Harvey's appointment will be the latest in a series of changes since Kyril Louis-Dreyfus took over the club.
