Gus Poyet has deliberately left open his future with AEK Athens because he wants a return to management in the Premier League.

Poyet's contract expires at the end of the season and he keeps an open dialogue with Athens president Evangelos Aslanidis.

"I've commit myself to a club that gives me the chance to win things, but I've committed myself in the short term," Poyet told Sky Sports.

"The future is open, nobody knows where I will be next year, I do certain things thinking 'maybe I could be here', but at the same time my aim is to get back to the Premier League - no doubt."

"I'm a realistic person. I know the risk of football managers and how it works. The only thing I was disappointed with myself, in the second year, not to make the team play in the way I wanted," he said.

"I needed to get out of England. I was focused too much on what happened in England over many, many years.

"I wanted to open myself up and see if things that we are convinced of in England work, and check on different football and a different mentality, more European. So far I have to say that it does work."