MANCHESTER UNITED look set to appoint Ricky Sbragia as their reserve team coach.
Sbragia, 61, has been out of work since stepping down as Scotland Under-21 boss in February.
And various reports now suggest that the Scot is poised for a return to United.
The Old Trafford club’s Under-23 position has been vacant since Warren Joyce left to take over Wigan in November.
Nicky Butt has been in temporary charge since.
But United are keen to fill the role on a permanent basis so that Butt can focus on his role as head of United’s academy.
And now they appear poised to offer former Sunderland coach Sbragia a return to work at the club he joined in 2002 for a three-year stint.
Sbragia joined the Black Cats in 1994 before landing the reserve team coach’s job with United.
Sam Allardyce then lured him to Bolton as a first-team coach, before he returned to Sunderland in 2007 just a few months after Big Sam left the Trotters.
A year into his second spell with the Black Cats, Sbragia was appointed caretaker boss when Roy Keane was sacked.
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A successful spell saw him handed the manager’s job on an 18-month contract, guiding them to safety and then resigning at the end of the 2008-09 season.
After two years as chief scout, he moved on to the Scotland set-up and worked with the U-17s, U-19s and U-21s before leaving after a 4-0 defeat to Ukraine.
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