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Ben Banks

John Hughes brands Hibs director of football snub 'disrespectful' as former boss names 3 jobs he missed out on

John Hughes says he feels disrespected over not hearing back from the likes of former club Hibs in regards to their job openings.

Hughes has been out of work since he his time at Dunfermline, but it did not end well as the Pars were relegated to League One last season. BUT his playing style has won plenty of plaudits over a lengthy managerial career, which has included success at Falkirk, Inverness and Ross County alongside stints at Hibs, Livingston, Hartlepool United and Raith Rovers.

There have been plenty of job openings in the Premiership this season, with half of the 12 clubs opting for a change in the dugout at some stage. Two of those were Aberdeen and Motherwell but Hughes didn't hear anything back when he applied for those boss positions, and it's a similar story on aiming to become Hibs' director of football, a role that is still vacant. And the 58-year-old told Sportsound that being ignored is far from nice: "In the last four months, there have been three or four positions come up that I thought I qualified for.

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