Birmingham City, Newcastle United and Spurs figure set for League Two job

Former Birmingham City midfielder Stephen Clemence looks set for a return to football management as he bounces back from a recent sacking.

The 46-year-old was sacked at the end of April after just months in the role of head coach at Gillingham but now he's closing in on a new job. Former Sky Sports journalist Pete O'Rourke, now at Football Insider, claims that Clemence has agreed to become the next manager at Barrow.

Barrow have been on the search for a new manager after Pete Wild opted to leave Holker Street over a disagreement with the board. Clemence should he finalise a move to the Cumbrian outfit would be taking his just his second job as a manager.

He was suggested to the Gillingham board by former Birmingham City, Aston Villa and West Brom boss Steve Bruce who played an advisory role in the appointment. Clemence was signed by Bruce for Birmingham City in 2003, joining for a reported £900,000.

He spent four-and-a-half seasons as a player at St Andrew's, playing in the Premier League for most of his stay in the West Midlands. Clemence moved on to Leicester City in 2007 and played 34 times for the Foxes before announcing in his retirement in 2010 after suffering a series of injury set backs.

His coaching career began working under Bruce at Sunderland in 2010 and he followed him to Hull City as well as Birmingham's inter-city rivals Aston Villa, playing a role in Jack Grealish's development. Clemence was also at Sheffield Wednesday with Bruce along with Newcastle United and later West Brom.