In an exclusive interview with the BBCDavid Moyes says he is ready to revive his managerial career after his ill-fated tenure at Manchester United. "I am ready to return."
He added: "I have enjoyed the time off but I have got to wait on the right job and make sure it's one that I want."
Moyes was sacked after less than 10 months in charge of United, following 11 successful years at Goodison Park.
"I'm really ambitious," he said. "I would never have left Everton FC for anybody but an ambitious football club. And I thought Manchester United would have given me that opportunity.
"It didn't materialise that way, so I am hoping that the next club I join gives me the chance to build a team, because I think that is what I am good at.
"I also think that I am good at spotting and identifying young players, not only young players, but players.
"Over the years, we have brought in a lot of players at Everton and I think that they worked well. So if the opportunity came, then hopefully I will be able to make it work."
He remains bound by a confidentiality agreement in his severance deal, but the manner of his departure still hurts.
"I got the job and I expected it to be a six-year plan," he said. "I signed a six-year contract... disappointed it didn't go to plan. I expected to be given an opportunity to fulfil that and it wasn't what was expected.
"It was really difficult when I lost the job initially because I didn't really see it coming, even though I had been losing games.
"I knew that it could be difficult but I joined a club that I felt stood behind their managers, made sure they supported them in difficult times. And, you know, Sir Alex had difficult times when he first took over.
"And I do understand that the landscape has changed a little bit in football, but I think that United always stood for the right things and I expected them to do what was right with me."
United chose Louis van Gaal to replace Moyes but the Dutchman has presided over a difficult start to the season, losing 4-0 to MK Dons and 5-3 to Leicester City.
When asked what the reaction would have been had he been in charge of such losses, Moyes said: "I daren't imagine what would have been said about it.
"But Louis van Gaal has got a difficult job as well, just like I did when I took over at the job, and he needs to be given that opportunity to get his mark on the team, turn it around.
"He is a very experienced manager and he should be given that chance to do so."
