Former Manchester United and Liverpool captain Paul Ince says he's ready to step back into management.

A year older and ­considerably wiser, Ince believes the time is now right for him to relaunch his managerial career.

The former England ­midfield kingpin told the Mirror: "I feel I am now better equipped than I was ­before.

"I am 44, not 68. I feel I still have a lot to offer to football and I hope I can get the chance to prove that.

"If you actually look at the stats in my time in ­management, they were not bad at all," said Ince, who has an impressive 43 per cent win rate in ­management.

"My first job was at ­Macclesfield, who were 92nd in the League when I took over.

"That's when Sir Alex sent me the 'Madhouse' ­message. But I kept the club up.

"Then I went to MK Dons. They won the division and the ­Johnstone's Paint ­Trophy - a genuine ­double."