Michael Appleton is delighted with his new job at Leicester City.
Appleton left Oxford United as manager to become No2 to Craig Shakespeare at Leicester.
"The one place that is very, very difficult to turn down is the Premier League," he told the Oxford News.
"You get to work with international players every day.
"The only thing from a number two point of view is not having the day-to-day control that I had at Oxford.
"But football is a longevity thing. There are only a lucky few who stay in management for 20, 30 or 40 years.
"You tend to find you have to take a step backwards, sideways – sometimes forwards – but to stay in the game for as long as I want to, you have to take different roles at different times.
"That was why I did my Masters. Somewhere along the line, although I hope it's not in the next five or ten years, I see myself as a sporting director or even a CEO at a football club.
"You have to always keep your options open."
Source: tribalfootball.com