Ex-Newcastle United boss John Carver has revealed that he would like to return to the club in the future.

The 50-year-old was dismissed at the end of last season after an unhappy five months in charge, bringing an end to his five-year stint at the club.

However, he now intends to repair his damaged reputation elsewhere and return to the club as manager.

He told The Telegraph: "If I didn't have any confidence in what I was trying to do, then I would probably settle for being a coach or in the background. But I do. I do have the confidence. I don't want to take the easy way out and be somebody's assistant unless I have to. I want to get into a football club and build a football club.

"I've got a point to prove, to myself and to the fans of Newcastle. Not all of them because the majority have been very, very good, but to the people who were critical.

"I'm a winner, I'm not a quitter. Why can't, in the future, I go away, be successful and return to Newcastle as manager under different circumstances? I've been back to the football club a few times and it would be a great story to do so again."

Newcastle lost 12 of the 16 league games during Carver's time in charge.