Odds improve on keeping Kenna

THE situation regarding the manager’s job at Galway United is expected to become clearer over the weekend after the club tabled an offer to Jeff Kenna during the week.There was no face-to-face meeting between Kenna and the club this week, but instead negotiations are believed to have taken place over the phone. He is back home in Birmingham and is talking over United’s offer with his wife Jacqui, and club sources say they expected “developments” on the matter over the weekend.Kenna has been linked with the manager jobs at Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk at home, and at Huddersfield in League One in England, as well as a coaching role at Leeds United, who also play in League One. However, former Northern Ireland international Michael O’Neill is believed to have been offered at vacancy at Rovers, while Sean Connor — who has had previous spells in charge of Sligo Rovers and Bohemians — is believed to be the front-runner for the Dundalk job.There were reports over the weekend linking Norwich City assistant manager Lee Clarke with the job at Huddersfield, while Kenna is understood now to be too keen on taking a coaching role at Leeds, which would in effect be a demotion.All of that means...