Hibs have settled on a shortlist of names to exchange Shaun Maloney with former Sunderland boss Lee Johnson within the combine.
He joins Michael Appleton and Karl Robinson in a small handful of names recognized by Ben Kensell and Ian Gordon.
Hibs have been on the lookout for a brand new boss since parting with Maloney in December.
Johnson held profitable talks with Kensell and Gordon in London earlier this month.
He has now been put ahead to the ultimate shortlist and now he has to persuade chairman Ian Gordon and different board members that he's the excellent candidate.
Gordon and the Hibs hierarchy are scheduled to carry all their ultimate interviews this week after which be ready to call their new supervisor.
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Johnston is not any stranger to Scotland as he had two spells up right here as a participant, paradoxically, with metropolis rivals Hearts and Kilmarnock.
The 40-year-old, whose long-term No. 2 is Scot Jamie McAllister, has additionally had spells in cost at Oldham Athletic and Barnsley.
Appleton was interviewed for the Hibs’ job earlier than Jack Ross however he pulled out of the operating.
He stop Lincoln after three seasons this summer season.
Appleton has additionally had spells on the helm of Blackpool, Blackburn and Leicester Metropolis.
The Hibs board met a number of excessive profile candidates together with Paul Clement and Phillip Cocu, however they received’t be within the ultimate shake-up.
In the meantime, Hibs have agreed a pre-contract with Scotland keeper David Marshall.
The deal was agreed by former boss Shaun Maloney earlier than he was proven the Easter Street door.
Maloney and Marshall had been shut from their their time with Celtic and Scotland however they received’t get the prospect to work collectively.
Marshall’s Derby County contract is because of expire in the summertime after which he head to the capital to develop into one of many new Hibs supervisor's summer season signings.
He was deemed surplus to necessities at Derby and spent the second half of the season at Queen’s Park Rangers.