Kilmarnock icon Kenny Shiels has thrown his hat into the ring to become Falkirk's next manager after Ray McKinnon's departure.
Lee Miller and David McCracken have been placed in interim charge of the League One side and beat Linlithgow Rose in the Scottish Cup in their debut at the weekend.
The pair could yet be handed the job on a permanent basis. But although the former Kilmarnock boss, who is currently in charge of the Northern Ireland women's team, remains fully committed to his current role, Record Sport understands 63-year-old Shiels would consider an offer from the Bairns.
And the man himself has gone on the record to insist Falkirk remain an attractive proposition despite languishing in Scottish football's third tier.
Shiels said: "Falkirk is a very good club. They're in a position they deserve to be well above, I see them as a Premiership club.
"At this moment in time I'm working with the Northern Ireland international team and it would be unfair of me to make any commitment that way at this moment.
"Who knows what might lie ahead, I still have a lot of respect for that club."
Shiels led Killie to League Cup glory in 2012, beating Celtic in the final to lift the trophy for the first time in the club's history.
A subsequent spell at Morton ended in the ignominy of a 10-2 defeat to Hamilton Academical, his last role with a Scottish club.
Shiels has since won the League of Ireland Cup with Derry City, taking them into Europe twice, and was appointed to his current job in May of this year.
The Northern Irishman has previously worked with the Falkirk academy as the SFA's head of academy coaching at the Forth Valley Football Academy.
The current Bairns squad includes a number of players who have worked under Shiels in the past, including Cammy Bell, Conor Sammon and Lewis Toshney.
