St Johnstone are closing in on Tiernan Lynch as they look to appoint a permanent successor to Craig Levein.
It is understood that compensation has been agreed with Larne, the NIFL Premiership champions, for the 44-year-old.
Dons assistant Peter Leven was also in the running for the job but Lynch is the preferred man for Saints.
Lynch has been at the helm at Larne for seven years and has delivered back-t0-back titles to the club. He had also led them into the Conference League.
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Interim manager Andy Kirk had the sobering task of taking the team for the 6-0 thrashing from Celtic yesterday. It doesn’t get any easier for St Johnstone with Rangers at Ibrox next on the horizon.
“This was always going to be a difficult game for us, the levels between Celtic and us are huge,” said Kirk.
“Hopefully we get can get through this tough spell, and leave the club in a better position for him to take over.”
“The context is the team you’re playing against. You have to hold your hands up and say that they are way ahead of where we are all over the pitch.
“You can see Celtic doing that to a lot of teams this season.”
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