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Manchester United legend Andrei Kanchelskis wants to be Derry City’s next manager.

Mirror Sport can reveal the 46-year-old applied for the vacant job yesterday.

Derry sacked Peter Hutton last month and appointed Paul Hegarty as caretaker for the rest of the season.

And Hegarty is the front runner to fill the post on a full-time basis next season, should he want it.

But Kanchelskis is now a shock contender after throwing his hat into the ring.

The Ukrainian wants to break into management in England and sees Derry as a stepping stone.

Kanchelskis’ last job in management was with Latvian side FC Jurmala but he only lasted four months before leaving in November 2014.

Before that he was in charge of Russian sides Ufa and Torpedo-ZIL Moscow.

He was also assistant manager at Russian outfit Volga Nizhny Novgorod.

Flying winger Kanchelskis played for Manchester United between 1991 and 1995.

He was also at Everton, Rangers, Southampton and had a loan spell at Manchester City.

He retired as a player in 2006 after a spell with Russian outfit Krylia Sovetov.