Milsom role will not be replaced

Oxford United will not be appointing a replacement for fitness coach Jordan Milsom, who has left the club to join League One side Leicester City.

Boss Chris Wilder wants to use every available penny for team building and it is a decision backed by chairman Kelvin Thomas.

"I think we are going to do things differently," Thomas told BBC Oxford.

"We are lucky to have some great universities and sport science departments to lean on."

Wilder has said he would rather have the money towards a player and Thomas agrees that in non-league football they cannot justify the expense.

"Chris feels, and I agree, that a fitness coach at this level is probably an extravagance and Chris is very confident that the medical staff and Mickey Lewis can deal with the fitness."