THE Football League do not have a problem with Aaron Mclean coaching against City on Saturday - providing the two clubs agree that he can.

The Bantams are still paying the bulk of the wages for their top earner, who is on loan at Peterborough for the rest of the season.

Mclean is not allowed to line up against his parent club on the London Road pitch this weekend as part of that arrangement. But he could still be in the home dug-out as part of the staff.

Mclean and former Posh player Grant McCann have been assisting caretaker boss Dave Robertson since Darren Ferguson and five other coaches were dismissed last weekend.

It presents the highly unusual scenario of a player coaching against his own club – but that is not against league rules.

Managers and coaches are not registered in the same way as players, so Mclean’s temporary coaching role is not governed by the registration system.

But a Football League spokesman this morning told the T&A that any involvement on Saturday should be agreed beforehand by the two clubs.

He said: "Given the unusual circumstances, it would be our expectation that any matchday role would be mutually agreed between the clubs."

City’s nemesis, Rotherham boss Steve Evans, has been heavily linked with the vacancy, although Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony has said he will not be approaching the Millers. Brentford manager Mark Warburton is also in the running.

Meanwhile, Phil Parkinson is closely monitoring the condition of injured trio James Hanson, Andrew Davies and Filipe Morais, who have missed City’s last two games.

Physio Chris Royston did not travel to Swindon in order to work with them at the training ground on Tuesday and they were in again for more treatment yesterday.

Parkinson said: “They are making good progress, Morais probably the least of the three.

“They are improving and that’s all we can hope for. They are big players for us and the win at Orient last week (when all three picked up injuries) was a costly one.”

Davies and Hanson are both suffering from tight hamstrings and Morais jarred his knee painfully in a challenge.

Parkinson added: “Morais got a strain through his lateral ligament. It’s not the worst ligament to damage but you’ve got to give it time to heal. I don’t think he’ll be too long.”