Sheffield Wednesday coach Lee Bullen opens up on potential management ambition

The Scot, who has been on the Owls coaching staff for nearly a decade, has presided over 15 matches across the three temporary stints, including a record of four wins in seven prior to the appointment of Garry Monk in September.

Bullen made absolutely clear his support for Monk and admitted it may take a job to come up elsewhere for him to eventually take on a role, though he said he is in no particular rush to make the step up to a top job.

He said: “I think it's something now after three periods of doing it, you really enjoy it. I love being an assistant and I love my role here but it's something I wouldn't dismiss, whether that be elsewhere or whatever.

“I think it’s something maybe I’ve thought of a little bit more because I have enjoyed the three times I’ve had the chance to do it.

“It's one of those things now having done it three times, you wonder at the end of your career looking back, would I regret not taking an opportunity?

“But I'm at a club that I love, I'm working with players that I love, I'm working with a manager I love working with and the coaches we're working with, so it's not something I want to do next week.

“As I stand here, though, my role as an assistant is not the same pressure as being the man on the chopping block so to speak. As a manager the whole pressure around it and what you have to deal with, it's completely different.

“If an opportunity arose or if somebody came in to make an approach and I thought it was the right thing to do for myself and my family, I'd have to consider it. But it's not something I'm overly chasing at the moment.”