Steven Gerrard has explained job conditions as Middlesbrough stance on Liverpool icon emerges

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A lot of coach changes at Aston Villa and over in Saudi that I don't think helped me from a personal point of view."I'm now enjoying family time and doing a lot of things that I haven't been able to do."But there's a part of me that still feels that there's a bit of unfinished business in terms of wanting to go in and face another couple of exciting challenges."But I want a certain type of challenge. He previously took charge of Aston Villa in the Premier League following more than three years at Rangers."I think certain jobs and certain clubs would suit my style and the way I like to go about it," the Anfield icon added."But I've also got time now where I'm not in a rush, where I know the right people that are out there to make me a stronger and a better coach.

They're the people I need to find."Because if I get the right match with them people around me, I know and I've proved I can be successful as a manager. And that's what I'm working on in the background now."But I've had five or six really interesting phone calls since I stopped in Saudi.

And I haven't been ready because I haven't got that team set around me. So unfortunately, them opportunities or them phone calls have come at the wrong time, if you like."But if the right call comes my way, the right club, the right challenge, and I've got my people set, which I will have at some point, I'll take that challenge on because it's in me."