RUSSELL OSMAN and Steve Marsella are the men new Newport County AFC boss Terry Butcher wants to add to his back-room staff, the Argus understands.

As mentioned in Tuesday’s Argus Sport, former England international Osman is expected to be confirmed as Butcher’s assistant boss once the 77-times capped Three Lions defender returns from a short holiday, booked well in advance of his appointment at Rodney Parade.

County are understood to have budgeted £100,000 for their new management staff, with ex-England international and Escape to Victory star Osman set to be the first man appointed.

The 56-year old is no stranger to management himself, having been both Bristol City and Cardiff City boss.

He is understood to have watched Saturday’s 1-0 reverse to Oxford United alongside Butcher, with Butcher himself making the decision not to be unveiled to the Exiles faithful.

Most recently, Osman has been working at Ipswich Town, managing the U18s of his former club. He left Portman Road in August 2013.

Osman played alongside Butcher in the Ipswich defence when they won the 1981 UEFA Cup final against AZ Alkmaar.

As well as reuniting with his former England colleague, Butcher is also understood to be looking to reunite with Marsella, a goalkeeper coach with over 20-years experience.

However, Marsella’s potential role is yet to be clearly defined, other than the fact the Exiles are highly unlikely just to employ him as a goalkeeping coach, the role he is currently fulfilling at Conference play-off hopefuls Grimsby Town.

Marsella worked with Butcher at Brentford, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Hibernian as a talent-spotter, chiefly responsible for suggesting lower league players ready to make the step-up in their careers. Among those players indentified and signed for Inverness, was former Exiles defender Gary Warren.

The 47-year old from Huddersfield, has previously explained his link with Butcher to hometown paper, the Examiner.

“It’s all about contacts and making the effort to get to games,” said Marsella, explaining how he came to be considered a specialist in scouting.

Marsella, whose previous jobs include managing Leeds United Ladies, has also worked for the Professional Footballers’ Association and Scottish Football Association (as a development officer in the Highlands) and coaching keepers at Barnsley, Grimsby, Notts County, QPR, Crewe, Accrington and in Iceland before his most recent stint at Blundell Park.

“I’ve worked in a lot of different places, done a lot of different things within football and met a lot of different people, and so has Terry. That means we’ve been able to build up a network of people whose opinions we trust.

“Then I get out onto the road to have a look. If it means going to Plymouth on a Thursday night, that’s what I do.

“It can be tough, but there’s a satisfaction in the job as well, especially when the club are doing well and you see players you have helped bring in become successful and go on to big things.

“But I have to give the real credit to Terry because he is the one who coach and get the best out of the players I try to provide him with.

“I first worked with Terry when he was managing Brentford in 2007. He was looking to add to his coaching team and someone recommended me to him. We had a chat and hit it off. We linked up again when he got the job at Inverness in 2009.”