Frail had been in charge since January

Stephen Frail says he is hoping to bounce back immediately from the disppointment of leaving his role as caretaker manager at Hearts.

Frail, who left Tynecastle by "mutual consent" on Wednesday, had been in temporary charge since January and on the coaching staff since October 2004.

"I'm incredibly disappointed that it's ended like this", Frail told BBC Sport.

"It's been a fantastic experience but Hearts is a closed chapter - I now need to get back involved in football."

The former Dundee and Hearts midfielder, 38, took temporary control of Hearts' first team in March 2007 following the departure of then boss Valdas Ivanauskas.

I now need to look forward and get back involved in the game Former Hearts caretaker manager Stephen Frail

Frail and the club's sporting director Anatoly Korobochka took control of first team affairs with Bulgarian Angel Cervenkov assisting the pair.

When Korobochka returned to his role as director of football at the start of 2008, Frail took sole charge of team matters, but under his guidance Hearts could only finish eighth in the Scottish Premier League.

"When you take the manager's job you're one step closer to the exit door," Frail continued.

"I'm aware of that and I know how football works. I now need to look forward and get back involved in the game.

"I'm looking to get back into football as quickly as I can and hope that with what I've done that I can show a prospective employer or chairman that I can do a good job.

"This is the first time since 1985, when I was an apprentice at Dundee, that I've not been working pre-season - so you miss it and you want to get back on the training ground as quickly as possible and that is my target."

Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov is currently searching for a new manager at Tynecastle and Frail urged the Lithuanian to make an appointment as soon as possible.

"I think they're striving to get a new manager quickly but I don't know how far down the line they are with that," Frail said.

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The team play their first pre-season games in Belfast next Monday and if they've got a new man in for that then he can start working on getting his ideas across and hope to take them forward."

Romanov made disparaging comments recently regarding the quality of coaching in Scotland but Frail was keen to dismiss his former employers' remarks.

"I would wholeheartedly disagree with it," he said

"But everybody is entitled to their own opinion and that's Mr Romanov's."