Former Tottenham star Glenn Hoddle has ruled himself out of the West Ham United manager's job.
The ex-England boss, who has also managed Spurs, Southampton, Wolves and Chelsea, has been linked with the Hammers job, made vacant by the recent sacking of Avram Grant, just hours after the East London club were relegated from the Premier League.
However, Hoddle says that he is not ready to return to club football just yet although he does harbor ambitions to again coach at the top level.
"I've never said that I have finished with football management at any level," he said.
"That is something that might be for the future and I didn't replace that with my football academy, I just felt football needed something like that.
"The guys needed something of second a chance to get back into the game and we're proving we are doing that quite reasonably well.
"In the future, I've always said international football would be interesting for me, after doing it with England.
"And who is to say that, at some stage in some way, shape or form in the future...
"Going back into mainstream management is not something I am saying no to. But at this moment of time I am quite happy with the development of the academy and I need to sort of push that through over the next season.
"At the moment I don't think the timing is right, put it that way."
