St Mirren's Jack Ross emerges as Charlton managerial candidate

St Mirren boss Jack Ross has emerged as a possible candidate to take charge at Charlton.

Harry Kewell remains the favourite to replace Karl Robinson, who resigned last week after it emerged that the Australian consortium set to buy the club had identified the Crawley Town manager as their preferred choice but other names are in the frame.

Lee Bowyer is in interim charge and it is understood Ross would be interested in the role, having instigated a remarkable revival north of the border.

St Mirren were bottom of the Scottish Championship when he took charge in January 2017 but he saved them from relegation before guiding them to a 12-point lead at the top of the table this term.

Ross turned down a job at Barnsley in February and is thought to be on the shortlist for the Ipswich job after Mick McCarthy announced he will be leaving Portman Road at the end of the season.

The 41-year-old has not had yet an interview with Charlton – suggesting Kewell is most likely to get the job – but there has been informal dialogue between Ross and the club over the past few days.