Departing Sunderland defender Titus Bramble is keen on a future coaching career - on merit.

Bramble has spoken out against a push for black coaches to be fast-tracked into jobs in English football.

He told the Telegraph: "I hope I can go into coaching, I can teach the kids coming through, not just about playing, but the mistakes to avoid.

"But I never want to be given a job or make a shortlist because of the colour of my skin, just as I wouldn't want to not get a job because of it.

"I don't like all this positive discrimination stuff, it's gone too far. If I get a job I want it to be because I'm the best candidate.

"Making it on to a shortlist just because you're black is racist if you think about it because the colour of the candidate is influencing the decision making.

"It's actually damaging to aspiring black coaches or managers because they will be thinking why did I get this job? The people they work with might be thinking the same.

"There will be more black coaches coming through because there are more black players now. But don't start trying to manipulate it, tick a politically correct box, by pushing black coaches through if they aren't good enough to do the job."