Paddy McLaughlin is once again being linked with the vacant assistant manager post at Derry City.
The Cliftonville boss came close to joining the Candystripes in the summer of 2021 before deciding to stay on at Solitude.
But now it seems Derry boss Ruaidhri Higgins is back in for the Reds boss as he looks to replace Alan Reynolds who left the Brandwell recently to join Waterford.
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McLaughlin and Paul Heggarty are thought to be frontrunners for the role with the Derry Journal reporting Higgins may be tempted to appoint someone on an interim basis as he waits for the right man.
"We'll see but I'm going to take my time," he said.
"I might possibly bring someone in, in the interim period.
"I'm speaking to a few people. Obviously you want someone who's going to be here for the long haul.
"We'll see what happens. We might bring someone in short-term until we get who we want for the longer period."
Speaking about turning the role down previously McLaughlin said: "I know Ruaidhri well and stay in touch with him. Given that we have had that closeness for a number of years, to have the opportunity to go and work with him was definitely appealing, there is no doubt about that.
"Obviously being from Derry and being a supporter of Derry City doubled the reason why it was appealing.
"I was close to it, but I looked at the disappointment of the Cliftonville players after we had just lost the European play-off final, you seen what it meant to the players and what it meant to the staff."
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