Mullins expected to take Dublin helm

BRIAN MULLINS is expected to put an end to the “will he, won’t he” Dublin manager saga within the next week by informing GAA chiefs in the capital that he is ready to succeed Tommy Lyons.

The Dublin executive confirmed yesterday that: “the preferred candidate has been offered the position and will communicate his final decision to the county committee next week.”

County chairman John Bailey has refused to name names, but it is common knowledge that Mullins is the only man to have been interviewed for the job in the past two months and anything other than confirmation of his elevation to the position would be a bombshell.