Stoke City are set to appoint St Johnstone assistant manager Callum Davidson as Gary Rowett’s no.2, according to The Stoke Sentinel.

The new Stoke boss is yet to formally announce his backroom team but it appears that his former Leicester City team-mate will reunite with Rowett in the Britannia dugout.

The Sentinel are also reporting that Rory Delap and Kevin Phillips will take up coaching roles for the Potters.

It appears that Rowett’s usual assistant, Kevin Summerfield, who worked under the new Stoke boss when he managed previously at Burton Albion, Birmingham City and Derby County, will not join him in his new venture.

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Davidson, a former Scotland international, started and ended his playing career at St Johnstone, sandwiching a spell in England where he played for Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Preston North End.

Kevin Phillips made a name for himself as a lethal striker for nearly 20 years in England and remains the only English player to have won the European Golden Shoe.

Phillips was previously working with Rowett at Derby, as was Rory Delap who was something of a legend for Stoke City and was famed for his characteristic long throw-ins.

Stoke fans have been reacting on social media to the new appointments and these are some of the best.