Thursday 23 February 2017 11:53, UK
Frank de Boer has revealed he was offered the chance to manage Liverpool in 2012 - but he did not feel the timing was right.
The Dutchman enjoyed an illustrious career as a player - including winning 112 Netherlands caps and a short spell with Rangers - before turning his hand to management when he became assistant manager to the national team in 2008.
A successful six-year spell with Ajax, where he had spent 11 years as a player, followed as he guided the club to four successive Eredivisie titles.
But De Boer decided to move on after being pipped to a fifth title by rivals PSV Eindhoven on the final day of the 2015/16 season.
An unsuccessful period followed in Serie A with Inter Milan that lasted just 14 matches and following that disappointment, the 46-year-old is looking for a fresh challenge.
Hull and Swansea are both understood to have previously made contact with the 46-year-old, while there were also offers from Liverpool five years ago and from Newcastle in 2015.
"I would love to manage here [in England] but the project has to be right," De Boer told the Daily Mail.
"I told Liverpool I was honoured but I was only one year in at Ajax, it was too soon. I needed to achieve more, and I did."
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