The Times chief football correspondent Martin Samuel has been hired by the Daily Mail.

Samuel has been a sports writer and columnist for the Times since 2002. Prior to this, he was a football writer and general columnist at the Express.

The move follows Daily Mail chief sports writer Paul Hayward’s decision to join Guardian News and Media, as a senior sports writer to work across the Guardian, the Observer and guardian.co.uk.

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