Malky Mackay has revealed that he would love to one day take over the managerial role at Celtic.

 

The former Watford, Cardiff City and Wigan manager played for the club and has insisted that he would love to find himself in the dug-out.

"The Celtic job, I don't think there is anyone that would look at it and say that they wouldn't want it," he he said.

"Obviously you are very respectful to who is in a job, but it's a huge, worldwide job.

"I've been there inside the fabric of that football club during a very colourful period in its history.

"It's an institution. You only need to look at the fan base worldwide and the potential, in terms of what a couple of the managers recently have done in Europe, to see how good a job that is."

The 43-year-old is looking to engineer a quick return to management after being sacked by Wigan in April.

And he would be open to taking on any management position in Scotland as he seeks to get back into football.

"For a manager, one of the attractions is to build your own team, maybe not on a huge budget," commented Mackay.

"As a football manager, it's about what you do with the budget you're given."

Asked if he would take a management job in Scotland, Mackay replied: "Yes."

He said he had been offered such a position "in the last couple of years".

"I really enjoy football management and I think it's something I think I'm cut out for," he continued.

"I'm passionate about it. I really enjoyed my time at the clubs I've been at and I think I've helped to build the clubs I've been at.

"To be a football manager, you've got to have mental strength and have that toughness in terms of being able to take criticism and have belief in what you're doing on the pitch.

"The TV money is not there in Scottish football right now. If and when Rangers get back to the Premier League, they might be a more attractive prospect."

Mackay is currently awaiting the findings of an FA investigation into claims that he sent texts of a racist, sexist and homophobic nature while the Cardiff manager.

"I have made mistakes, I said that at the time," said the former Scotland defender, who welcomes the investigation.

"But I would ask people to judge me on the person they know and what I have been in the last 20 years in football."