Alan Hansen offered job as Manchester City manager

Former Liverpool defender Alan Hansen has revealed that he was offered the job of Manchester City manager in 1995.

The 58-year-old has revealed that he turned down the offer from then-chairman Franny Lee because he had no desire to go into management.

"I turned down Manchester City in 1995 after Brian Horton was sacked, simply because I never wanted to be a manager," the Daily Mail quotes Hansen as saying.

"Francis Lee, who was chairman at the time, phoned me up and said he thought I would have fancied it, but while I told him I was flattered, I just said I wasn't interested in managing a football club."

Instead of coaching, Hansen moved into television punditry on BBC football highlights and analysis show Match of the Day.