Craig Levein has confirmed that he is close to sealing a return to management with St Johnstone.
The former Scotland, Dundee United and Hearts boss is set to be confirmed as the new man in charge at McDiarmid Park after Steven MacLean was axed following a string of poor results domestically.
Levein is now close to being confirmed as Saints manager, with an announcement expected tomorrow and he has revealed he is hoping to bring Brechin manager Andy Kirk with him to Perth as assistant.
Speaking today on BBC Radio Scotland, the 59-year-old said: “It is not done, that is the first thing I can tell you. There have been conversations and we are somewhere in between those things. “I want to have another go at it, a throw of the dice and see if I can, at the latter stages of my managerial career, make a difference at St Johnstone and see if we can improve and get up the league. “I have always said if the right thing came up then I would like to have another go but the right thing had not come up and this opportunity is something I looked quite seriously at. “I looked at the squad and had a look at the results and spoke to a few people and got a good feeling. We will wait and see but you know what it is like in football, until the ink is dry, nothing is done.
“I like Geoff Brown and Stan Harris, the guy that does the stuff with the contracts. Gus is also there and I get on really well with him.
“If things do go to plan then I will be bringing Andy Kirk with me to do all the work. I am really looking forward to it but until the contract is signed I can’t speak too much about it."
