Birmingham City's Franck Queudrue hopes to go into coaching when he retires

Jan 24 2009 by Colin Tattum, Birmingham Mail

FRANCK Queudrue plans to stay in football after he hangs up his boots – possibly as a manager or coach in England.

And once Queudrue has crossed the white line from pitch to technical area, he will do it his way.

“I would like to start coaching, and I am going to try to pass my coaching badges,” the left-back said.

“But I think it would be with young lads at first, around 10 years of age I would say, so they are innocent and can understand.

“It’s so you can really mould them to play the game in the right way, teach them the good habits. I would like to work for a club, it’s the best way. If you create a soccer school, there would be two songs - my song, and the club song. If you work directly with a team and players in a club, that is the best way.

“If an opportunity arose in England then yes, why not?

“I know I can get an opportunity if I go back to Lens because it’s a club that’s very close to me.

“But there are some clubs in England I have good feelings with too.”