West Ham United No2 Steve Clarke admits he's ready to take on a manager's job.
Clarke insists it isn't that he is unhappy at West Ham, where is contracted until 2013, it is just that he won't be content until he has given being No 1 a go.
"It's the last one to be ticked off," the former Chelsea coach told the Sunday Times. "I've done all the groundwork. I've done everything. I've been the player, the youth team coach, the European scout, the assistant manager, first-team coach, I've worked with a whole spectrum of players, now it's time for me to be the guy who makes the decisions and takes the stick.
"To have done so much to get to this stage and not give it a go would be foolish. I have to try it. I just need somebody to give me the opportunity."