Wilkins returns to Fulham

Ray Wilkins has become the latest high-profile member of Rene Meulensteen’s backroom staff after being named as the new assistant head coach of the Barclays Premier League strugglers.

Wilkins, 57, returns for a second stint at Craven Cottage having managed the then-Second Division club between 1997 and 1998 before he was replaced by Kevin Keegan.