Colchester United have appointed Lorenzo Dolcetti as First Team Analyst.
Lorenzo has experience in coaching and football analysis, and will be reuniting with Danny and Nicky Cowley after working with them previously on the South Coast.
He has been with the U's for a few days now, and admitted that it has been hectic for him when he was asked how the move to north Essex came about.
He told Col U TV: I'm very excited to be here - it's been a very busy first week."
"It came about very quickly last week, I've worked with Danny and Nicky at Portsmouth so we have that connection.
"There was a position available at the club and I didn't think twice and I'm happy to be here."
Born and bred in Italy, Lorenzo moved to England to study and feels he is lucky to have a family member in football that he can lean on - his Dad Aldo is Assistant Manager at Italian giants Juventus.
He added: "I'm lucky to have my Dad who played in Serie A when it was a good Serie A and now he's Assistant manager at Juventus with Massimiliano Allegri."
"It's very useful to have him to speak to, to listen to and to talk about football a lot."