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The past week has seen Gill linked with a move away from Dundalk as Derry City step up their hunt for a new manager. Speculation has been rife in the national media that the Dubliner could be tempted away from the border venue, but that was a notion that the 43-year-old quickly dispelled when asked would he be interested in taking over at the Brandywell. “I wouldn’t
take a wage cut!…I’m happy here, why would I want to leave a fantastic club like this?! I work for a very, very progressive board, I’ve got a great bunch of players and a fantastic bunch of supporters, so I don’t really think it gets any better than this. I can’t help speculation. I’m under contract to Dundalk until November, and I’m not like other managers in the league who have walked out on contracts.
“Managers at times be moaning when they’re sacked when they’re under contract, and then other managers walk out on contracts - I don’t, I believe in the validity of a contract. I’m going to honour the contract I have here and I would like to extend it, but that’s not down to me. I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing, which is working very, very hard with a very honest bunch of players. I have great belief in my own ability. I think Dundalk is a massive football club, there’s not too many bigger clubs than it, so why would I want to go and uproot my family and myself to go and live up the north to manage Derry City? It’s a massive job and it’s very flattering to be linked with it, but I can’t help speculation. I have a big job here, I’m with a big football club here, and I’m happy here.
“As I’ve said before about football, a pat on the back is only eighteen inches away from a kick in the arse. Football is a funny game. I’m King John here at the moment, but if I lose two football matches, it will go the opposite way - I’m a realist as well. You’re judged on results and so far, my results have been very, very good, but that’s down to the players. I also said before, that sometimes managers take too much credit when things are going well. It’s not down to me, it’s down to the players and what they do on the park, it’s down to my backroom staff and it’s down to the board of directors - I’m only a small cog in a big wheel and I can’t do what I do without the backing of everybody else. Unless Gerry Matthews tells me that my P45 is in the post, I’ll be staying here. I’ve got a great relationship with Gerry and the board, and I respect them and we’ve got great belief in each other, and I’m happy here.”
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