^*^ Steve Hitchen quits Spurs recruitment role amid Everton interest

• Hitchen’s second spell at Tottenham started in 2017
• Newcastle also interested in former Liverpool employee

Steve Hitchen has resigned from his scouting and recruitment post at Tottenham and is under consideration for a similar role at Everton, who are restructuring under the new manager, Frank Lampard.

Hitchen had been marginalised on the recruitment side at Spurs since the appointment of Fabio Paratici as the managing director of football last summer and, having considered his position for a number of months, he has decided to move on. The 45-year-old met the chairman, Daniel Levy, on Tuesday to ask to be released from his contract.

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