Arsene Wenger has been without a managerial job since leaving Arsenal after 22-years.
The Frenchman has been linked with a coaching job at Newcastle, however Wenger has insisted that he is still not ready to return to management yet.
"Not in the near future, no. I’m still not ready to go back," when asked if he will make his return as a coach by France 24.
"I thought yes but I don’t think at the moment I will come back. I’m more open now than a year ago to talk about that but I cannot tell you that in the next two or three days I will go into management again.
"I took a little bit of distance and I enjoyed it. I worked for 35 years without any interruptions, so I think I deserved a little rest."
"Well I would prefer to try another country, although my preferred time was in England because the Premier League is the place to be at the moment," continued former Arsenal coach.
"But for me it is very difficult because I was for so long at the same club. But why not? I still need a bit of time to pass and then maybe make the decision."