Having parted company with the Faroe Islands, Brian Kerr could be in line to become the next manager of Northern Ireland.
Kerr’s time in charge of the Faroes came to an end overnight after the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF) revealed that it “was not possible to agree a new contract” with a man who has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things football.
Never one to linger in unemployment, Kerr will be eager to get back in the dugout as soon as possible and for a man with a keen interest in international football (he was once linked with the India job), the Northern Ireland job is bound to appeal to him for a number of reasons.
Both of Kerr’s parents hail from Belfast, while his knowledge of players within Northern Ireland’s remit (i.e. the SPL and the lower divisions in English football) would be on a par with anyone in the game.
Plus, surely any team would be more desirable than the Faroes, who are ranked in 122nd place in the world rankings and who are based over 300km off the north coast of Scotland.
A couple of weeks back, he said that he would “take the job tomorrow” if he was offered it and he now must surely be in the frame alongside Shamrock Rovers pair Michael O’Neill and Jim Magilton and the beautiful Iain Dowie to replace Nigel Worthington at the helm north of the border.
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