Former Manchester City man Claudio Reyna leads New York City FC

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Manchester City have announced former United States international and City captain Claudio Reyna will be the director of football at New York City FC.

City, in partnership with baseball giants the New York Yankees, announced on Tuesday they had bought a franchise to compete in Major League Soccer from 2015.

The club have wasted little time in beginning work building the new entity by bringing in Reyna, who had a spell with City as a player between 2003 and 2007, and also had stints at Rangers and Sunderland.

Reyna, 39, played for City for four of the 12 years he spent in Europe during his career, from 2003-07, making 87 appearances.

He also won 111 caps for the US and played at four World Cups, captaining the national side between 2002 and 2006.

Reyna is leaving a role as youth technical director with US Soccer to take up the position.

Reyna said: "Having had the privilege of playing both for my country here in the US and for Manchester City, I could not have hoped for a more tailor-made opportunity in soccer.