TWTD understands former Tottenham and Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood is a serious contender for the vacant Town manager’s job.

Blues owner Marcus Evans began interviewing candidates to succeed Mick McCarthy last week with Sherwood among them, but doesn’t expect to name his new boss until late May or early June.

Sherwood’s most recent job was as director of football at Swindon between November 2016 and June 2017.

Prior to that he was manager of Villa from February 2015 to the October of the same year, during which they reached the FA Cup final but were beaten 4-0 at Wembley by Arsenal.

The three-times-capped full England international’s first job as a boss was at Tottenham between December 2013 and May 2014 having previously been a member of the White Hart Lane backroom staff.

The 49-year-old, who played for Spurs between 1999 and 2003, had initially been assistant first-team coach under Harry Redknapp before becoming their technical director, during which time he ran their U21s side.

In addition to his link to Redknapp, one of Evans’s long-standing contacts in the game, Sherwood will also be well-known to David Pleat, another of the Blues’ owner’s associates, while Town caretaker-boss Bryan Klug was working at the Spurs academy during the Borehamwood-born former midfielder's spell coaching at White Hart Lane.

Sherwood emerging as a leading candidate for the Blues job is unlikely to prove universally popular with Town supporters given his playing history with Norwich City.

He made 82 starts and six sub appearances for the Canaries, scoring 13 times, between July 1989 and February 1992.

Sherwood, who also played for Watford, Blackburn, with whom he won a Premier League winner's medal, Portsmouth and Coventry during his playing career, is currently ranked as a 33-1 outsider for the Town job with Bet Victor. More on the latest betting here.

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algarvefan added 17:46 - May 7 I worry Marcus is only using connections and friends HE knows, I personally think it's time we pick someone who loves this club, passion and stle of football are everything to the fans. It's George and Terry for me so far. I still would give Klug a year if he were interested.
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midastouch added 17:53 - May 7 No thank you, wouldn't even be in my top 10!
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armchaircritic59 added 17:55 - May 7 I thought i picked up on that too Harry! I'm in agreement with the consensus. Bit of a hothead, and a touch arrogant (which is ok if you've got something to be arrogant about!). On the plus side, would probably get us playing a pleasing style of football, but minuses outway pluses for me.
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Burwell_Blue added 18:23 - May 7 Superb. Will take him all day every day
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Ipswichbusiness added 18:29 - May 7 What does he bring to the party? He has a record of failure and no experience of the Championship.
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MickMillsTash added 18:33 - May 7 He comes from Borehamwood - he is no f@ckin good- Sherwood Cockeny jibber-monger Sod OFF!
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VulpineBlue added 18:44 - May 7 A dark shadow falls across my optimism.
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norfsufblue added 18:52 - May 7 Wouldn't be my 1st choice or 2nd or 3rd 4th or 5th in fact it's a No from me Marcus!
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TheTrueBlue1878 added 18:54 - May 7 Would back anybody, looking forward to a new era.
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exeterblue10 added 18:55 - May 7 No thanks. He wouldn't be at the bottom of my list but he's definitely not near the top. Paul Hurst or Burley+Butcher any day over Sherwood. I don't want a Keane and McCarthy with an ego the size of Belgium at the helm. We've been there and done that and it didn't work (twice).
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Warkystache added 18:57 - May 7 He can't work without money, so that and the ex-scum stuff blows him out the water like an exocet missile on a pedalo. I'd rather Chris Hogg with Burley as DOF
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planetblue_2011 added 19:02 - May 7 No way can't stand the bloke, think he's an arrogant txxt. Give me Burley, Butcher any day if the week. Plus he's Norwich scum👊
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Monkey_Blue added 19:19 - May 7 I couldn't be more underwhelmed and I'm consoling myself with the thought that this will never happen... I hope. We'd be flooded with ”arrys” dodgy agents mercenary players and he'll add an extension to his sandbanks mansion
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DanFord added 19:20 - May 7 Remember we have a duty to interview candidates across other backgrounds. One from a black or ethnic minority and one from a smug, arrogant background. This is just box ticking.
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floridaboy added 19:33 - May 7 I thought ME said he was going to try something different. To me Sherwood is not something different. To me doing something different would be to employ Frank Lampard with someone like Harry as a Director of Football. If not Harry then I would not be bothered if Burley got that position
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BluePG added 19:41 - May 7 Have a friend who is a Swindon Town season ticket holder. Apparently he is an A1 one. No!
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Currie10 added 19:48 - May 7 If this prick gets the job, I will be going very little until he leaves. Jesus wept.
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SheptonMalletBlue added 19:50 - May 7 Absolutely not! Was cr@p at Swindon, talks a good game, but that's about it!!!!
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62WasBest added 20:05 - May 7 How could anyone think he is move forward from McCarthy?
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grumpyoldman added 20:23 - May 7 I would like to say I would love Tim Sherwood to be our next manager, but my mum told me I mustn't tell lies! Connection with Norwich & Spurs does not help his cause, failed in every managerial position he has held puts the final nail in his coffin.
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Kropotkin123 added 20:25 - May 7 NOOOO
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Taricco_Fan added 20:29 - May 7 Hell NO.
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wayway added 20:39 - May 7 He would not be my first choice but is his track record any worse than Burley and Butcher? How many times have those two failed. Sherwood plays football not hoofball but my choice would still be Cook or Hurst
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blueherts added 20:40 - May 7 Never done a thing - He comes from Boreham Wood , he isn't very good , Tim Sherwood In love with himself Egoist Achieved nothing as a manager A backward step Next
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