Northampton Town: Robbie Savage named as potential Jon Brady replacement | OneFootball

The Cobblers are on the hunt for a new boss after Brady's resignation earlier in the week.

Robbie Savage has emerged as a potential candidate for the Northampton Town job, following the resignation of Jon Brady.

That's according to SunSport, with the search now on for Brady's replacement.

He spent three-and-a-half years with the Cobblers, taking them close to promotion in 2021/22 before achieving it in the following season, and stabilising them in League One last term.

Now he is gone, and a new era begins. Northampton sit 21st in the third-tier table and are battling relegation but have plenty of time to turn the tide.

There haven't been a host of potential successors named but the latest links are certainly eye-catching.

Robbie Savage named as a Northampton Town manager option

Saveage, the ex-Welsh international midfielder, who now manages Macclesfield in the Northern Premier League Premier Division (the seventh tier), is being considered as an option to take on the mantle at Sixfields, according to SunSport.

A controversial character in his playing days, he has done an impressive job with Macclesfield. He is a part-owner of the club and was appointed as the first-team boss in the summer after his side narrowly missed out on promotion to the National League North in the play-off final versus Marine.

The 50-year-old now has the Silkmen top of the Premier Division by 15 points after just 19 games, and they look set to put right what they missed out on last season. They do have a big advantage, though, as the only professional side in the division.

The Northampton brass are said to be impressed with the job that Savage has done.

Following Brady's resignation on Thursday, the assistant to the former boss of the Shoe Army, Ian Simpson, was put in charge on an interim basis, ahead of their clash with Peterborough United on Monday evening.

As part of the statement that announced Brady's exit from the club, the club's chairman, Kelvin Thomas, said: "It is clear we are a bit of a wounded animal on the pitch at the moment, but we know that the Cobblers supporters will always step up when needed and are sure they will get behind the lads at Sixfields on Monday."

Appointing Robbie Savage would be a risky move by Northampton

Outside of his work with Macclesfield, which has been deceivingly impressive given how the odds are so stacked in the Silkmen's favour, Savage has no experience of coaching at any sort of decent level.

Northampton are facing the threat of relegation and their chances of avoiding the drop would take a huge dent if things were to go massively sideways.