Former Accra Great Olympics coach Tom Vernon has been appointed Manchester United chief scout for Africa.

Vernon, who operates from the Eastern Region in Ghana, is expected to look for talents from the continent but mainly from Ghana.

His work with his own Right to Dream Academy alerted the English giants to the potential of working with the renowned young coach.

The 30-year-old already boasts two players on the books of Premiership rivals Fulham.

Vernon has been in Ghana for nearly ten years and started from scratch his own football academy called Right To Dream, which not only polishes the best young players he can find, but educates them, too, says The Times.

He has two boys on Fulham's books and a number of others at universities in America.

Vernon's vision, now in partnership with United, is that the boys who do not make it as professional footballers - who are the vast majority - will leave equipped to make it in life elsewhere.

He will also be recruiting players from other parts of Africa for the Right to Dream Academy.