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Lee Johnson among 3 Hibs manager candidates but Paul Clement OUT of the running for Easter Road job

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Hibs have settled on a shortlist of names to replace Shaun Maloney with former Sunderland boss Lee Johnson in the mix. He joins Michael Appleton and Karl Robinson in a small handful of names identified by Ben Kensell and Ian Gordon.Hibs have been looking for a new boss since parting with Maloney in December.

Johnson held successful talks with Kensell and Gordon in London earlier this month.He has now been put forward to the final shortlist and now he has to convince chairman Ian Gordon and other board members that he is the outstanding candidate.Gordon and the Hibs hierarchy are scheduled to hold all their final interviews this week and then be in a position to name their new manager.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.Johnston is no stranger to Scotland as he had two spells up here as a player, ironically, with city rivals Hearts and Kilmarnock.The 40-year-old, whose long-term No.

2 is Scot Jamie McAllister, has also had spells in charge at Oldham Athletic and Barnsley. Appleton was interviewed for the Hibs’ job before Jack Ross but he pulled out of the running.

He quit Lincoln after three seasons this summer.Appleton has also had spells at the helm of Blackpool, Blackburn and Leicester City.The Hibs board met several high profile candidates

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