Ally McCOIST has revealed that he’s desperate to become a manager again.
It would have been no surprise if the former striker had decided to settle back into life as a pundit after three-and-a-half traumatic years in charge of Rangers.
But the 54-year-old admits he’s actively trying to get another hot seat in football.
He said “I threw my name in for the QPR job last week which went to Ian Holloway.
“A few other jobs have come up, but just after I expressed an interest in one, people got in touch to tell me not to go near it with a barge pole.
“So I’m not going to take anything for the sake of it. There’s no point in me moving my family down the road to be back up in three months.
“If something comes up, brilliant, I’d love to do it. It’s what I want to do.
“But I’m in a fortunate position in that I can do some punditry and I have other business interests which I’m keen to work on.
“I’m looking at England, but there are one or two things going on in the United States which I’d seriously consider as well.
“I have to think about my young family, but if something came up that suits them, I’d go for it.
“Why is it worth the hassle? It’s just a love for the game.
“After Rangers, it can’t be that bad again!
“My mate reckons I could manage the New York Yankees after Rangers.
“Seriously, it’s my love of the game.
“I was up watching East Kilbride with my boy on Thursday night. We all love it. There’s no other reason. It’s madness but unless you’re involved in it, you don’t really get it.
“I haven’t put a timescale on being back involved.”
Despite all the stress that came from being in charge at Ibrox during a time of financial meltdown, McCoist says he doesn’t look back in anger.
He went on: “I don’t regret it at all. It’s the opposite actually.
“I’m quite happy that I took it because I’m not sure what would have happened if someone else had taken it.
“It wasn’t the best time but I was happy to take it.
“I don’t know if someone could have done the same job, but I wouldn’t have liked to take that chance and find out.
“It was a bizarre time. I don’t think we’ll ever see that again. There wasn’t a scenario I didn’t have to deal with.
“Sir David Murray said to me last week: ‘We still don’t know if you can manage – but we know you can crisis manage’.
“That’s as near a compliment as I’ll get from him.”
Ally McCoist was speaking at the opening of Torrance Park golf clubhouse.
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