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Last Updated: Sunday, 7 May 2006, 10:43 GMT 11:43 UK
Curbishley unsure about next role
Alan Curbishley
Curbishley's Charlton have not beaten Man United in 15 attempts
Charlton boss Alan Curbishley has said he is in no rush to jump straight back into top-flight management.

He has decided to call time on his 15 years as Addicks manager at the end of this season and has since been linked to Middlesbrough and Aston Villa.

"I've got no plans at the moment and I'll have to see what occurs," the 48-year-old told BBC Radio Five Live.

"I have still got one game to deal with and I'm desperate to get a result. I hope the players are as well."

That match, Curbishley's 729th at the helm, is against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

"It feels a bit strange," he added. "It's been a difficult week in some respects and I have found it a bit difficult to focus on everything but I'll certainly be fully focused in front of 70,000 people."

Curbishley announced his decision to quit to his squad 15 minutes before they played Blackburn in their final home match of the season.

However, he insisted it had nothing to do with him being linked to the England job in place of Sven-Goran Eriksson, who is standing down after this summer's World Cup finals.

Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren has since been unveiled as Eriksson's successor and Curbishley explained: "The chairman wanted me to extend my contract, I had a year left, but I just felt I wanted to get to the summer and have a think about my future.

"In the end, I said I felt I wasn't going to extend my contract but I was prepared to let it run out but the chairman flagged up all the problems that would bring.

"We came to an amicable situation but England had no influence on my decision, it was a side issue.

"Round about Christmas, before Sven decided he was going to go, I was still in the same frame of mind and saying to the club I didn't want to extend my contract.

"I felt, for 15 years, perhaps I had done my bit and if you add that I had a year as a player-coach and two-and-a-half years as a player I have nigh on been at the club for 20 years."





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