CHELSEA coach Anthony Barry will be unavailable for an immediate move into a new job — as he is going to the World Cup with Belgium.
Highly-rated backroom boy Barry, 36, was fancied by Huddersfield and has been linked with other clubs as a No 1.
But he is due to assist Roberto Martinez and the Belgians in Qatar.
Championship Terriers could not afford to lose him to international duty or wait until after the finals.
Despite looking at former Manchester United skipper Michael Carrick, they are set to welcome back David Wagner for a second spell.
Former Huddersfield gaffer Danny Schofield lasted just 69 days in charge after being promoted from the ranks.
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Wagner was in charge of the Yorkshire outfit between November 2015 – January 2019.
During his first spell in charge at the John Smith’s Stadium, he took Huddersfield to the Premier League after beating Reading on penalties in the 2017 Play-Off final.
And he managed to guide Huddersfield to safety in the club’s opening season in the top-flight after finishing 16th.
But after a horror start to the 2018-19 campaign, Wagner and Huddersfield agreed to terminate his contract by mutual consent.
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Huddersfield were rooted to the bottom of the table at the time of his leaving, with the club subsequently relegated after winning just three out of their 38 matches.
Following his departure, he was named as Schalke’s boss in July 2019, with the German club finishing 12th in the Bundesliga.
But after a run of 18 league games without a victory stretching back to the end of the 2019-20 term, he was sacked in September 2020.
A move to Swiss side Young Boys followed in July 2021, but he was axed in March as they trailed eventual champions FC Zurich by 15 points.
And Wagner knows he faces a huge job to keep Huddersfield in the Championship with the Terriers sitting in 23rd spot having won just two out of their opening ten matches.
