Salford City's Class of 92 owners want former Manchester United midfielder and Swindon boss Richie Wellens to be next manager at League Two club after interim boss Paul Scholes ruled himself out of running for the job
* Paul Scholes has been in temporary charge since Graham Alexander was sacked
* Salford owners were impressed by Richie Wellens winning promotion last term
* Wellens played for Salford in 2016 after the club was bought by United legends
Gary Neville and Salford City’s Class of 92 owners want former Manchester United team-mate and current Swindon Town boss Richie Wellens as their new manager.
Paul Scholes has been in temporary charge of the League Two club since they sacked Graham Alexander three weeks ago but they want to make an appointment and were impressed with the way Wellens won promotion from their division last season.
Wellens, 40, is a Mancunian who joined United at the age of 10 after being spotted by Sir Alex Ferguson’s assistant Brian Kidd.
Richie Wellens (above) guided Swindon to promotion from League Two last season. Gary Neville and Salford City’s Class of 92 owners want Wellens as their new manager
He made only one first-team appearance for the club in a League Cup defeat at Aston Villa in 1999 - the season after the Treble.
He went on to have a useful playing career with 10 different clubs including Ipswich and Leicester.
He had a brief spell with Salford in 2016 - two years after they’d been bought by the former United legends.
Interim boss Paul Scholes has ruled himself out of running for the Salford job
As manager, Wellens has gained experience at Oldham and Swindon and Salford’s ambitions make it a tempting proposition even though Swindon are currently in a higher division, League One.
Salford are co-owned by the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil, Scholes, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Nicky Butt and Singapore billionaire Peter Lim.
This is their second season in the Football League having won promotion in 2019 by winning the National League play-off final on their first ever visit to Wembley.
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