Mullen could stay on

Caretaker could get Walsall job

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Walsall chairman Jeff Bonser has hinted at the possibility of handing caretaker manager Jimmy Mullen the job on a permanent basis.

Mullen was put in temporary charge of the Saddlers when Richard Money resigned from his role at the Bescot Stadium and now looks favourite to take the hot seat.

"Jimmy Mullen will have the same consideration as anybody else - probably a little bit more because he's on site and I see him every day and he's doing a grand job," Bonser told The Express & Star.

"You've only got to see what happened. He joined the club at the beginning of October when we were bottom of the league and we went on a fantastic run to get ourselves in the play-offs.

"That petered out during the last few games of the season, but Jimmy was obviously responsible for changing something around at that time. Whatever he did was right and he's got every qualification that anybody would need to be a coach.

"He's conducted himself very well since Richard left, but the board will employ who we think will be the best person for the job."