Interim Northern Ireland U-21 manager Andy Crosby left at the beginning of June to join Port Vale and independent.ie understands that Perth has spoken to people in the IFA about the job. There’s no way, between now and the end of the season, bar Jose Mourinho offering me his assistant manager’s job, am I going anywhere. Read MorePressed on whether the Northern Ireland U-21 role had been on his radar, Perth replied: "It did, but it’s gone now because I’m in a different situation. "But at the moment, I’m 120% committed to this group, and I won’t be the next Northern Ireland (U-21) manager. We’ve shown the potential of the group and we’ve started to have some internal discussions about what the next steps are.

Source: Irish Independent July 20, 2021 15:33 UTC