KILMARNOCK’S players are ‘desperate’ for Steve Clarke to remain at Rugby Park next season, according to winger Jordan Jones.
The former West Brom and Reading manager has been linked with the Rangers job after transforming Killie’s fortunes this term, taking them from the bottom of the Premiership standings to fifth place.
Jones has been a major benefactor of Clarke’s coaching, scoring four league goals and earning international recognition with Northern Ireland, who he could earn his first start for against South Korea this weekend.
And the 23-year-old insists that everyone involved with the Ayrshire club would like nothing more than to see Clarke stay put next season.
"He's been vital for me personally and for the team," said Jones.
"It's not just results, we have been getting performances as well, especially against all the big teams - we beat Rangers for instance on Saturday.
"It is testament to what he has done and what he has brought to the squad, not just him but his assistant Alex Dyer as well has been fantastic for the lads. It is a really positive time to be at Kilmarnock right now.
"I think we are really structured. Everyone knows their job. If you go into any dressing room not every player is going to be happy, the players who aren't playing aren't going to be happy.
"(But) the way it is at the moment, even the lads who aren't playing are training as hard as possible to get the lads who are in the team out of the team. That makes a real difference.
"If you look at the substitutions the manager makes he reads the game perfectly and they always seem to work, which shows you how good a manager he is.
"If you ask any player at Kilmarnock they would all be desperate for him to stay. He's been fantastic for all the lads and fantastic for the club as a whole."
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