GAVIN DEVLIN is set to be named as Louth’s new senior football boss.
SunSport understands the Ardboe clubman is the standout candidate to replace Ger Brennan in charge of the Wee County. Devlin was Louth coach for three years under Mickey Harte until 2023.


And he returned last summer to become their underage football development co-ordinator.
Brennan left the hotseat last month after spending two seasons in charge.
The two-time All-Ireland SFC winner with Dublin led Louth to a first Leinster title in 68 years. Brennan is the favourite to replace Dessie Farrell as Sky Blues chief.
Last week former club and inter-county teammate Diarmuid Connolly backed him as the best man for the job.
The St. Vincent’s man said: “Gerry’s a really good man manager. He’s always with a smile on his face. I doubt he’d be overawed by the job at all.
“He’s the sort of guy that can walk in anywhere and fill the room.
“Even talking to guys that are out working with him in UCD and stuff, he’s a really good guy to have around.
“He’s a good motivator too. That Louth team hadn’t won in a long few years. He brought them to success. I thought it was a bit leftfield, maybe leaving so early.
“Look, if he’s the man for the job, I think everybody should get behind him.”
Connolly knows Brennan would be a great fit for the hotseat, but admits there are plenty of candidates who might fancy it.
The seven-time All-Ireland winner says no matter who gets the nod needs to scour the county for new talent – and insists the Dubs have not gone away.
He said: “To be honest, from looking in from the outside, there wasn’t any underage managers coming through that you’d say, ‘Oh yeah, he’s nailed on.’
“So yeah, you’d have to look to Ger Brennan in that sense, because he had success at the level we’re talking about. For me, probably Robbie Brennan would have been front and centre in that conversation.
“I know Dec Darcy has been put in the loop, Johnny Cooper has been put in the loop. Ger looks like, the rumour on the ground is that he has first refusal on the job, but I don’t know if that’s actually true.
“I haven’t spoke to the man myself, so I don’t know whether that’s true or not.
“It’s very easy to jump on the bandwagon and say Dublin are finished – they’re on the decline, they’re this, that and the other.
“The next manager slash coaching team that come in, will hopefully throw the net far and wide in Dublin GAA circles.
“I know the players that are in that Dublin camp. I know the players that are playing club football in Dublin and there is serious talent there.”