Fergie declares Owls desire

And Scot says he was disappointed by Fry's 'tapped up' claims

By Elliot Ball   Last updated: 27th December 2009   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Fergie declares Owls desire

Ferguson: Denied being tapped up

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Darren Ferguson has declared an interest in the vacant Sheffield Wednesday job after confessing he is itching to get back into football management.

The former Peterborough boss fast became one of the bookies favourites to take over the available Owls post after Brian Laws' tenure as Wednesday boss was brought to an end earlier in December.

And Ferguson confirmed he hopes to return to the Championship and would welcome talks with the Hillsborough outfit in the near future.

The 37-year-old told Sky Sports: "Since I left there has been some interest but I decided to have a bit of a break and spend some time with my wife.

"But I am having itchy feet now and I want to get back involved and I would be interested in talking to Sheffield Wednesday."

Tapped up

Ferguson also admitted that he was disappointed with Barry Fry's claims that he had been "tapped up" in the aftermath of his departure from London Road.

Director of football Fry made the claim in a press conference following Ferguson's surprise exit in November but the Scot insists that there was no truth in the claim at all.

"I left six weeks ago and I'm still out of work so there is obviously no truth in it at all.

"The first thing I did was go on holiday. I made a statement thanking the club for giving me an opportunity and left it at that.

"The club should maybe have done the same but I am not in control of what Barry Fry does or says.

"It was disappointing that he came out with that but I was not tapped up at all.

"The situation was clear to me, the club had lost confidence in me and you can call it mutual consent or whatever you want but we all know what it was."

Transfer policy

Ferguson also revealed that a change in his transfer policy led to his contentious departure from London Road.

Confusion surrounded Ferguson's exit in November but he has now revealed that he left the Championship strugglers after he asked to bring in some experienced players to aid his young squad.

Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony and Fry helped Ferguson win back-to-back promotions from League Two to the Championship with a strict policy of signing the best young players from non league.

But after a slow start to the season this time around, Ferguson was keen to supplement his squad with some veteran heads - a view not shared by MacAnthony or Fry.

Ferguson added: "I felt that given time I could turn it round and the most important thing for me was to get some more experienced Championship players into the squad.

"There was a difference in opinion on that and the people in charge lost confidence in me.

"In a lot of games we lost goals quickly after each other - which they did again on Boxing Day at West Brom - and a few older heads could have maybe stopped that."