Saints position appeals to Latapy

Latapy harbours ambitions of moving into club management

Russell Latapy admits he would be tempted by the prospect of taking over as the new St Johnstone manager.

Speculation has linked Latapy with the Perth post after former boss Owen Coyle left to take charge at Burnley.

"St Johnstone is a very, very good team, with a good stadium and good working conditions," said Latapy.

"Everybody at Falkirk understands that it (management) has always been my intention, since I came here and started with the coaching."

The 39-year-old has been taking care of Falkirk's reserve team and is preparing for life once he finally decides to call time on his playing career.

And he added: "If the right opportunity comes up it would definitely be a situation I would have to speak over with Falkirk and take it from there."

Meanwhile, Latapy is looking forward to facing old club Rangers at home on Saturday, despite not playing since a 2-0 win over Gretna on 3 November.

"Some of the Rangers players have been playing with Scotland, and so they could be tired or because they have been playing they can have their rhythm," said the former Trinidad and Tobago international.

"It all depends on what happens on Saturday, and if we go out and work as hard as we should and get the ball down and pass it how we want to play, it could be interesting."