Former Liverpool and Leeds United winger Harry Kewell aims to become a top football manager in the coming years.

The Australian legend, whose time with the Reds was ravaged by injuries, is currently in charge of the Watford U23 team.

Kewell says that he's enjoying coaching more than playing and claims that his playing career was merely a stepping stone for a great managerial career.

"I know I can play the game," Kewell said in an interview with BT Sport.

"I know I could read the game. You could put me in any team in any era and I would not be out of place. I would be comfortable in playing in it and I would dominate because I understood the game as a young kid and I know it now.

"But there is more to football than me playing the game. I actually believe my path is different. It probably wasn't playing football. I believe that has just put me on a platform hopefully to become something bigger and better in the game. That is how I look at it.

"I actually taught my four kids to kick a ball and you cannot beat the satisfaction in that. But when I did my first licence, and was setting up to defend a cross when always I had been attacking them, the fire in my belly was there and I just knew this was for me. Even one of the players who did it with me, said, 'Damn, I'd play for you!'

"That just encouraged me to take it on and I know it is strange, but I love coaching now more than I did playing. So maybe my role was not playing football. Maybe it was something different – managing, coaching, A teams, under-21s...I don't know. We will see how it goes.

"For me, though, the aim is to be a top manager in Europe.

"There are certain clubs I would love to be at and be manager of. I had an ambition as a player, now I see myself as a YTS manager learning my trade. And I want to go to the highest level as manager and compete."