Sven-Goran Eriksson insists he is serious about seeking a return to management - despite continuing to receive a substantial income from the Football Association.
The former England manager is reportedly being paid £13,000 (E19,245) a day, more than four months after officially leaving his job at Soho Square.
That arrangement follows the deal which saw Eriksson agree to cancel the final two years of his contract with the FA.
The Swede claims he is becoming restless the longer he remains out of work, and said: "I have had time to do what I want.
"That was good for one month, but I look forward to sitting on the bench again. It will happen, but I don't know when.
"Because you miss football, you know. To fight with other managers, to fight with the players, to fight with the press and I think I'm too young to retire."
Eriksson spent five-and-a-half years in charge of England, leading them to two World Cup quarter-finals and also the last eight at Euro 2004.
He left with his popularity having plummetted on the back of England's uninspired performances in the summer's World Cup finals, and with his personal life having attracted undesirable headlines.
Eriksson's earnings made him one of the world's best-paid managers, and he may struggle to find a job which is as financially rewarding.
"I have had some offers, not the right ones," Eriksson told TakeSport, free with the Evening Standard in London every Friday afternoon.
"I want a club with ambition which wants to do things in a proper way.
"I don't want to go to a club that sells its best players every year because who gets blamed at the end of the season? Always the manager. So I am waiting and hopefully it will come soon."
Eriksson has been linked with several jobs since the summer - notably those with the Nigeria, South Africa, Jamaica and United States national teams, as well as Inter Milan, CSKA Sofia and his former club Benfica.
He appears undecided about whether he would work again in England.
"I think the difference between being a manager in England is that they don't make a difference between private and professional. In Italy they kill you if you lost two games, but don't kill you about your private life," said the 58-year-old.
"For me it is the sad thing about England. They kill you two times in England and you have to learn to live with that if you want to work here. You want to change that, but it is important to know they will not change me."
