FORMER Bolton Wanderers player, Alan Stubbs, is one of the managers under consideration to become the new Blackburn Rovers boss.

Rovers have put together a list of potential successors to Paul Lambert – and it is thought to include current Hibs manager Stubbs.

Wanderers themselves are on the hunt for a new boss following the appointment of Jimmy Phillips as interim manager in March.

Stubbs made 202 appearances for the Whites, scoring nine goals between 1990-1996 before stints at Celtic, Everton, Sunderland and Derby County.

Since his appointment to Hibernian in 2014, he has guided the Edinburgh outfit to second and third-placed finishes in the Scottish Championship.

And the Easter Road club are currently bidding to win promotion to the Scottish Premiership through the play-offs as well as facing Rangers in the Scottish Cup final on May 21, having lost the Scottish League Cup final to Ross County in March.

Ahead of Hibs’ Scottish Championship play-off semi-final first leg draw to Falkirk last night, the 44-year-old insisted he will not be distracted by speculation regarding his future.

Stubbs, who has a year left on his contract, said: “There is only one thing on my mind right now and that is trying to achieve a great end to the season for the football club.

“And nothing will deter me or make me lose concentration. It is as simple as that. I’ve got a job to do and I want to be successful.

“If you’re doing well, you get linked with jobs. If you are not doing well, you don’t get linked with jobs.

“Some people might beg to differ but it’s speculation. That’s all.”

Stubbs played under current Rovers assistant manager Alan Irvine when the Scot was number two to David Moyes at Everton.

And then the duo worked together after Irvine was appointed as the Goodison Park outfit’s academy manager in 2011.

Rovers want to retain the services of the vastly experienced Irvine and first-team coach Rob Kelly, as well as goalkeeper coach Laurence Batty, following the departure of Lambert.

The club this week held productive and positive talks with its existing coaching team who were asked for their opinion on possible candidates for the Ewood Park hotseat.

But it is understood that former Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday and West Brom boss Irvine – as stated by Lambert before his departure – is not interested in returning to frontline management.