Andy Awford insists he will still have plenty of contact with Pompey's academy after being named first-team manager.
The future of the youth set-up is in the spotlight as Awford moves up the ladder but he told The News: ‘The Academy is still my baby! The priority will be the first team but will I be cutting all ties with the Academy? Of course not.
‘To the staff in there, I am still Awfs and that’s how it will be. They know where I am when they need me and I will have a major say in the appointment of the new Academy manager.
‘We will get that right and make sure it’s done properly because it’s a very important decision. But, at the same time, I don’t want to be perched on that person’s shoulder after they have been appointed.
‘I will give as much help and support as I can but the new person has got to be able to come in and work in their own way. It wouldn’t be fair for me to say "I want you to do it like this” all the time.
‘But we have to select that person very, very carefully and make sure we get the right person. If there is someone internal, then we will do it. If we don’t think there is, we will look outside. But we haven’t got to that point yet.’
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