Tiernan Lynch was appointed new Derry City manager on Monday
Derry City chief executive Sean Barrett says Larne majority stakeholder Kenny Bruce was "waiting on my call" as he explained the quick move to appoint Tiernan Lynch.
Barrett says Lynch quickly emerged as Derry's number one candidate, with an overwhelming majority of board members targeting the 44-year-old to fill the Brandywell hot-seat.READ NEXT: I'm A Celeb's Barry McGuigan breaks down over heartbreaking death of daughter "We sat down and looked at the DNA we needed as a club going forward. We went through a list of people, and every single member kept coming up with the name Tiernan Lynch.
"I walked out of that room and called Kenny Bruce and asked if there was any chance we could speak to Tiernan. He laughed and said 'I was waiting on this call'."He added: "I went and spoke to Tiernan and his vision is everything we want. What he told me, it was as if he had one ear in that board meeting we held.
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