Former Bradford City boss Chris Kamara has turned down the chance to manage the Barbados national side.

The 40-year-old has carved out a successful career in the media since being sacked by Stoke City late last season.

However Kamara has made no secret of his determination to return to football management and admits to being surprised by the offer of a three-year deal with the Barbados Football Association.

He said: "The officials from Barbados contacted me during the middle of last week and I did give the offer serious consideration.

"I spent 24 hours thinking about it and talked it over with my wife but I decided the time was not right for such a move.

"Barbados are looking for someone to help boost their football in a similar fashion to what has happened in Jamaica, where they managed to reach the World Cup finals last summer.

"I have all on keeping up with my media work at the moment.

"But I have to be pleased that Barbados thought of me and made me such a good offer. However the timing is not right."

Kamara's media work has mushroomed since he left football management with spells as the expert summariser on Radio Five Live, Yorkshire Television and Talk Radio.

He also works for Sky and hosts a successful phone-in every Saturday lunchtime on Radio Leeds.

However despite enjoying the media work, Kamara is still keen to return to football management.

He said: "I have been contacted about a couple of jobs over here. During the summer I was also asked if I would be interested in a job in Saudi Arabia.

"If I had taken a job over there, I would have come back a very, very rich person."

Kamara was sacked by City in January last year a few days after the club had crashed out of the FA Cup at Manchester City.

He had taken charge of the Bantams in late November 1995, and helped lead the club to promotion via the play-offs later the same season.

After leaving Valley Parade early this year, Kamara had a short spell in charge of Stoke before being sacked just a few months into the job.

The Potteries club were eventually relegated to the Second Division in May along with Reading and Manchester City.

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