Graham Potter fancies the idea of taking over as Sweden boss, saying the role would be a ‘fantastic opportunity’ to get back into management.
The 50-year-old was dismissed as West Ham manager in September after a disappointing stint in charge in east London.
The Hammers won just six of the 25 games Potter took charge of, losing 14 of them, which led to the Englishman being sacked and replaced by Nuno Espirito Santo.
Potter made his name in management in Sweden with Ostersund, where he was in charge from January 2011 to June 2018 before he was brought in by Swansea City.
He took the club from the fourth tier of Swedish football to the top flight for the first time in their history, then won the Svenska Cupen and qualified for the Europa League group stage.
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Sweden are now looking for a new manager after Jon Dahl Tomasson was sacked on Tuesday thanks to a 1-0 defeat to Kosovo in World Cup qualifying.
The Swedes are bottom of their qualifying group, with one point from four games, behind Switzerland, Kosovo and Slovenia.
There is still an outside chance they could qualify for next summer’s tournament and Potter likes the sound of taking the vacant role.
‘I’m actually in Sweden right now, in my house in Sweden,’ Potter told Swedish publication Fotbollskanalen. ‘I’m between jobs and just left the Premier League. I’m open to anything, really, where I feel I can help. The job as manager of the Swedish national team is fantastic.
‘I have feelings for Sweden. I love the country and I love Swedish football. I have a lot to be grateful for towards Swedish football.
‘So yes, it would be a fantastic opportunity for me, obviously.’
He added: ‘I’m only 50 years old and I still have a lot to offer. It’s not about me finding a job at a specific level, but about finding something where I feel I can help and where I can make a difference. I also want to feel that we are on the same page. Those are my criteria.
‘I’ve been lucky enough to have the career I’ve had. It’s meant that I’m in a very good position financially. It’s reached the level where I don’t have to consider finances as a reason to take a job or not.’
Sweden explain Tomasson axe
Swedish Football Association chairman Simon Astrom said in a statement on Tomasson: ‘The decision taken by the Swedish Football Association is based on the fact that the men’s national team has not delivered the results we hoped for.
‘There is still a chance for a playoff in March and our responsibility is to ensure that we have the best possible conditions to be able to reach a World Cup final.
‘In this regard, we believe that new leadership is required.’
Sweden could still finish second in Group B of UEFA qualifying, but would need to win their final two games away to Switzerland and at home to Slovenia.
They would also need Kosovo to lose in Slovenia and at home against Switzerland.
Isak blasts Sweden’s performance
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak fumed after the defeat to Kosovo, saying: ‘It’s too damn bad. Embarrassing. Disappointed once again.
‘We’re playing too badly. The way we’re playing doesn’t work. We’re doing it too badly individually too. So it’s a combination of everything really.
‘We are so damn dissatisfied as players. And as I’ve said before, we take a lot of responsibility ourselves. We look at ourselves in the mirror. And no one is approved. Not us players, not us as a team. And that of course includes the coach and everything around.
‘It’s a bit of a crisis situation and that’s clear. I don’t know what we’re going to do. But it’s all too bad.’