Keegan boss return on hold

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Former England coach Kevin Keegan feels it will be five years before he is ready to return to football management.

Keegan has not been involved in the professional game since leaving his post as Manchester City boss 18 months ago.

He has been devoting his time to Soccer Circus, which is an interactive indoor game, and he admits he is focusing solely on this venture.

Though he has not ruled out a return to management in the future, he concedes it will be a few years before he is involved again.

"You've always got to be careful about the saying of never say never," Keegan told Sky Sports News.

"For me, at the moment, I'm 55 years of age and in the next four or five years, this is going to be my football team - Soccer Circus.

"I will be 60 then and if anyone is looking for an old 60-year-old who can manage something then you never know.

"My focus at the moment is Soccer Circus and I'm so involved in that now, just like I was when I went to Fulham and got involved, when I went to Newcastle obviously and Man City.

"You can't help but do that. I will give it the same shot here and I hope to be successful."

Doncaster Rovers recently considered an attempt to lure Keegan back into management, but he insists there was never any chance of him joining his home-town club.

He added: "Obviously my name gets mentioned, not because I'm looking for a job, because I've never applied for a job in my life, and that includes the England job, but it comes up because it's a good news story.

"People have got to understand that.

"I was born in Doncaster and when the Doncaster manager goes, someone says this is a great story.

"The fact there is no truth in it doesn't matter. Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story."