West Bromwich Albion boss Alan Irvine has no regrets taking the job this season.
Irvine says he has never shied away from the pressure of managing on the front line - even when he was first approached by Everton in February 2011.
And he will not shy away from the pressure now: "I could have had that job (Everton Academy) six months earlier because I was offered it two days after I left Sheffield Wednesday.
"But I didn't want to take it at that particular time. In actual fact when I did take it there was a possibility of me going in at Premier League level as an assistant manager.
"I took the Everton job for a number of reasons.. most of all because of the people who were there. I was persuaded by David Moyes and Bill Kenwright to go back. It's a club I've worked for eleven years, it's a club that I love.
"I probably wouldn't have taken that job at any other club but it fitted really on many levels, including personal levels. I'd just spent a year living away in Sheffield and it was nice to be back home with my family again.
"It wasn't a job I took to get away from first team level. Far from it but I did turn down a number of jobs to manage at that time because I wanted a break."
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