Gillingham FC chairman says he's in no rush to find a new manager

The bookies have been linking names with the Gillingham job all week, but who is at the top of the list?

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00:00 Neil Harris joined a struggling Gillingham FC in January 2022 and fought hard to keep the club in

00:06 League One but ultimately succumbed to goal difference, taking the club into the lowest

00:10 rank of the Football League. But over a year and a half later and it's quite a different picture

00:15 for the Gilles, with Harris out the door but the club tipped for a promotion charge this time around.

00:20 Interim manager Keith Millen has today doubled down on ruling himself out of the running to

00:25 replace Harris but says the club is in an attractive position for any prospective manager.

00:30 You read in the press all the names linked with it and all of that but I'm not privy to

00:35 what's going on there. I don't, I haven't got time if I'm honest to to worry about that.

00:40 Whoever comes in is coming into a good dressing room with a good group of players so it's an

00:47 attractive job for someone. The club's definitely in a really good positive mindset generally I feel.

00:56 So it's a good job for somebody and obviously the club want to be successful and get promoted

01:03 so you've got that pressure and whoever comes in you have to deal with that.

01:07 The club's shift in recent success has come after new chairman Brad Gallinson

01:12 has been able to free up cash to bring in new signings since January of this year.

01:16 Speaking on Twitter the chairman updated fans almost a week on saying process going well,

01:23 being methodical and vetting candidates from around the world.

01:26 I am not rushing, this is an important long-term decision but we are confident

01:31 Keith will keep us on track whilst I make the decision on who is the right person to take us

01:36 forward. But who could the next manager be? Well here's who the bookies think could take up the

01:41 job. At the top and the most recent addition is former Newcastle and Sunderland manager Steve

01:47 Bruce who made his professional debut as a player at Gillingham before going on to become a Manchester

01:52 United legend. Others include current Crawley manager Scott Lindsay who recently told the

01:58 media he's not so interested in outside speculation. Karl Robinson is another name

02:03 although has fallen down the order in recent days. The former NK Dons manager brought that

02:07 team to a championship promotion. Alternatively there's Andy Woodman who's currently at Bromley

02:12 Football Club although despite denying interest in previous managerless windows for the Gills

02:17 perhaps new circumstances for the team could change his mind.

02:21 But despite what the bookies may think odds are that whoever takes over as boss at Gillingham FC

02:26 will have some big shoes to fill and some high expectations of success on them.

02:32 Bartholomew Hall for KMTV at Priestfield Stadium.