Who will be the next Ireland manager? Bayern assistant and international managers in contention

After Stephen Kenny's disastrous three years as Republic of Ireland manager, the hot seat remains vacant.

However, the FAI have indicated a desire to have a new manager in place for the March friendlies against Belgium and Switzerland.

Here, we have a look at some of the options for the position.

Bayern Munich assistant manager Anthony Barry has emerged as one of the favourites for the Ireland job.

According to the Telegraph, Barry is the preferred candidate to replace Stephen Kenny.

Barry (37) spent a year as an Ireland coach along with his coaching duties at Chelsea.

He was well-liked by the Irish squad according to reports, and his time with the team came during some of the more notable results of Kenny's time, including the home draw with Portugal.

He is also highly-rated by Thomas Tuchel, who took Barry to Munich when he was named as manager of the Bundesliga giants.

He left Ireland to take up a coaching role with Belgium, and Roberto Martinez subsequently took Barry with him to join his Portugal backroom team, which he currently serves on along with the Bayern Munich role.

Following the rumours linking Barry with the Ireland job, Tuchel claimed the Liverpool native would be going nowhere.

When asked at a press conference, Tuchel replied "forget about that".

This doesn't mean Barry won't be tempted by the role though, and it will depend on whether the FAI can sell the role to him and finance the severance payment they would owe Bayern.

Former Ireland international Lee Carsley, currently the England Under-21 manager, is another name consistently linked with the Ireland job.

He won the Under-21 European Championship with England and is highly thought of by the FA.

However, he is unlikely to be considered to replace