Laws set for Huddersfield job?

Last updated : 01 July 2002 By Luke Thornhill
A reliable source has told us that Laws has been offered the job, although the Yorkshire club themselves have refused to speculate officially on any of the names on their shortlist.

As we exclusively told you yesterday Laws has been interviewed with regards to the post, he was one of six people who spoke to the club.

The new manager will have to work to a tight budget, and will be looking to take in players on free transfers (Bye, bye Dawson?)

Terriers director David Heigh has said that the new guy will be a long-term appointment.

"I would like to think we are going to stabilise the club over the next few years and that the new manager will be here for a long time," he explained.

"We certainly don't want to go down the road of chopping and changing manager all the time and we believe we are making an appointment for the future.

"As a board, we said from the outset we wanted someone to bring the Academy through and understand the financial constraints in which we have to work at Town just now.

"We believe we have found that person and that we will be in a position to make an announcement by early next week."

Lawsy certainly fits this description, having brought stability to Glanford Park in his five years here and bringing a number of players through from the youth ranks into the first team.

Mr Heigh, and the rest of Huddersfield's board members, are said to be delighted with the new man's CV.

An unamed director has confirmed to us that Laws did not apply for the vacant position, though refused to say whether he had been approached by the club.