Steve Bruce has insisted he is ready to return to work after over two years out.
Bruce has not managed a club since February 2022 when he was sacked as manager of West Brom but has an extensive coaching career with 11 different teams, including Newcastle, Aston Villa and Hull City.
However, the 63-year-old is ready to end his sabbatical and return to work, making a plea live on talkSPORT to any prospective employers.
Speaking to Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist on talkSPORT Breakfast, the former Manchester United defender said: “For a long, long time, I thought this is just what I needed. I never really had a break.
“Unfortunately, now I think I am getting under my good lady’s feet!
“And I am looking to try and do something, whether that is back in management or go back to work in some sort of capacity, I am not quite too sure.
“But we will see, we’ll see if the phone rings over the summer. But certainly I’d like to try do something.”
Bruce has enjoyed success as a top-flight coach with several of his previous clubs, including Birmingham, Hull and Sunderland.
However, his last stint at West Brom ended after just eight months with the club 22nd in the Championship.
Prior to that, Bruce had taken charge of his beloved Newcastle, the club he grew up supporting as a boy.
After two and a half years, the former England international was axed by Newcastle’s new Saudi regime days after they arrived as owners, and replaced with Eddie Howe.
Nevertheless, Bruce is one of just a handful of managers to have taken charge of over 1,000 competitive matches.
He has overseen four promotions and led Hull to the FA Cup final in 2014, where they raced into a two-goal lead against Arsenal before later losing.
Bruce’s playing career saw him most notably play for United, where he made 417 appearances and became renowned as a goal-scoring centre-back after netting 52 times.
Previously, he battled it out at Gillingham in the Third Division as a youngster but immediately became a key player at the age of 18, making 44 appearances in his breakout season in 1979/80.
In total, Bruce made 929 competitive appearances as a player with other stints at Norwich, Birmingham and Sheffield United, making him one of the most experienced players as well as coaches in English football.
He’s made it clear club rivalries wouldn’t stop him from taking a new job, either, having worked on both sides of the Tyne-Wear derby with Sunderland and Newcastle, both sides of the Sheffield divide with United and Wednesday and THREE sides of the Birmingham rivalry between Birmingham City, Villa and West Brom.
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