Michael Beale admits he knocked back 'seven or eight' chances to leave Rangers to become a manager as he broke his silence over links with Wolves.
Steven Gerrard's former right-hand man at Ibrox is a gaffer in his own right at English Championship outfit QPR and is flying high in top spot in England's second tier following a 3-0 triumph over Cardiff City last night.
Wolves are reported to be ready to make an official approach to QPR for the 42-year-old and are believed to be ready to match the release clause in his deal at Loftus Road. He has always been highly regarded as a coach and has had a storming start to life as a manager. It could be a short stay at QPR after joining in the summer. However, he admits it would be difficult to walk away with 'feelings and relationships' key factors.
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Beale admits his ultimate dream is to manager in the Premier League but it needs to be the correct opportunity at the right time. Managerial offers came his way while at Rangers but he knocked them back insisting he has certain things he looks for before taking a role.
Beale said: "The thing is, see all the players in that dressing room when I speak to them in the summer. 'What do you want to do?' 'I want to play in the Premier League, I want to play in Europe.'
"I'm there as a coach, that's why this club hired me. The idea is to try and go there together, along that way there will be offers and things that come along. Until they're official and are put at you, you just keep getting on with the job."
He continued: "It's hard,. You're travelling down and you're phone's going and going and going so I took the thing of turning it off.
"You get in here and the players and staff, you don't want them looking at you any differently.
"We had to get back to winning ways tonight, it's the only thing that I can control. I'm big about controlling the controllables because we were really poor at the weekend. I asked them to bounce back tonight and they were fantastic."
Asked if it would be hard to walk away, he added: “Yes. Football is about feelings and relationships. We’ve built strong relationships here.
“I felt over-ready for this job and I feel supremely confident in this job. It’s 100 per cent a dream of mine to manage in the Premier League. That’s not a secret.
“But it has to be the right opportunity, the right moment and the right club. And they would have to give me a really clear understanding of where that club is going.
“When I was with Rangers I turned down seven or eight chances to be a manager. There are some things I look for.”
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