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Lee Charnley, the former Newcastle United chief executive, will join Nottingham Forest on a consultancy basis to help with the tricky transition to the top-flight, after 23 years away from the Premier League.

Charnley, 44, has been recruited at the request of the current chief executive Dane Murphy as the club adapts to the rapid pace of change since their play-off final victory at Wembley on May 29. The club has had to sign a new squad of first team players in the interim after the departure of some key loanees, as well as former captain Lewis Grabban, from last season and the scale of change has been huge around Steve Cooper’s squad.

Forest lost to Newcastle at St James’ Park on Saturday in their first game back at the Premier League and the expectation is that there will be more new signings in addition to the 12 first team players who have already arrived. The brief for Charnley, however, will be away from the football trading side of the operation – instead he will help with the considerable regulations that now apply to the stadium including ticketing and other matchday requirements.

Charnley, who was Mike Ashley’s key executive at Newcastle for seven years, will also work closely with Forest’s ownership group, including Evangelos Marinakis, and with Murphy himself. Charnley left Newcastle in November after 22 years at the club spent in different roles. He had been managing director since April 2014 and was responsible for overseeing Ashley’s vision for the club which was not popular with the supporters. He stayed for a period after the takeover by the Saudi Arabia-led consortium to help with the transition to the new owners.

The club will announce his arrival in the next few days as they prepare to add some more