John Hughes admits he feels disrespected after being blanked by former club Hibs, Aberdeen and Motherwell over their job vacancies.
Hughes has been out of work since leaving his manager’s job at Dunfermline last May after failing to keep the Pars in the Championship.
The 58-year-old was recently overlooked for the recent dugout positions at Aberdeen and Motherwell and has heard nothing back since submitting an application for the vacant director of football post at old club Hibs.
Hughes, who led Inverness to Scottish Cup final success in 2015, is disappointed by the lack of communication from those clubs.
Hughes, who has also managed Hibs, Ross County, Livingston, Falkirk and Hartlepool, said: “In the last four months, I think there have been three or four positions come up and I went, ‘I qualify for that’.
"One has been Motherwell, one has been Aberdeen and one has been the director of football at Hibs.
"Not one person has come back in touch with me, I have applied and put my CV in and I have never had one person come back and be in touch.
"I have had a reply to say thanks very much and we will be in touch, that kind of stuff. I just feel it is disrespectful to tell you the truth, I really do.”
Meanwhile,
St Johnstone caretaker manager Steven MacLean revealed he got the blessing of Callum Davidson to step up following his mentor’s sudden departure.
Davidson left the Perth club on Sunday following talks with chairman Steve Brown in the wake of a third consecutive defeat, which left them five points off the bottom of the cinch Premiership.
MacLean, Davidson’s first-team coach, has been installed as the boss “until further notice”.
The former striker told Saints TV: “On Sunday Callum gave me a call and told me he was no longer in charge. He basically said to me that the chairman was thinking about putting me in charge and it led to him giving me his blessing.
“Obviously it was a bit emotional, I was gutted. It’s not the situation I wanted, I didn’t want to be sitting here with that happening. I was really sad, it was a really sad day for everybody.
“I felt responsible as well because I was part of Callum’s backroom team.”
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