Steve Harper is now reported to be under consideration for a new job.
The former Newcastle United goalkeeper is currently head of the club’s academy.
However, The Mail report that Steve Harper is now one of the favourites to get a role at Durham Cricket Club.
Marcus North’s departure has created a vacancy and the newspaper says that Harper is amongst the frontrunners to become Durham’s new director of cricket.
Steve Harper has played amateur cricket and has a masters degree in sport directorship.
The Mail claim that Harper ‘is understood to have an ambition to diversify from football.’
Steve Harper has been Newcastle United’s academy director for the past five years, a period which was interrupted in September 2023 when he suffered a stroke whilst at work.