Martyn Moxon believes Michael Vaughan’s input into Yorkshire matters will prove to be “invaluable” as the club moves forward.

The White Rose county’s director of professional cricket has persuaded the former England captain, an Ashes winner in 2005, to rejoin the Headingley staff on a consultancy basis ahead of the 2010 domestic season.

Vaughan’s main areas of responsibility will be the recruitment of overseas players and to mentor new captain Andrew Gale.

On the face of it, it may seem that the recruitment of overseas players may not kick in until the end of the season because the county have already signed up Ryan Harris, Daryl Tuffey and Herschelle Gibbs.

But the extent of Harris’ availability as the main overseas player is still up in the air due to his success with the Australian limited-overs sides.

Tuffey is his replacement, but even he will not be available for the full summer if required. In that respect, Vaughan may be called into action sooner rather than later.

Moxon said: “With the overseas situation as it is, we are constantly having to look to see who’s available. This day and age, with the work-permit situation, it’s very rare you will get somebody for the whole season.

“Michael’s going to be seeing international players, talking to them, and he can give us contacts that I might not have.”

Vaughan’s role with the county will not be on a day-to-day basis by any means. He will now not see the squad until they return from their pre-season tour of Barbados at the end of the month, for example.

Moxon continued: “I just wanted to be able to access Vaughany as and when we needed to. He’s someone with great experience and great knowledge at the highest level.

“I think if any of the lads need to have a chat and discuss stuff with him, I think that it’s important that he’s around and able to do that.

“From a captaincy point of view for Galey, the fact that Michael’s on the end of a phone and popping into Headingley will help him. He will be invaluable for all of us.”