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Former Blackburn Rovers midfielder Tim Sherwood has not been approached about the managerial vacancy at Ewood Park.
Rovers made the shock decision to sack Sam Allardyce on Monday and Sherwood, who captained the club to the Premier League title in 1995, has been linked with the post.
But Sherwood, currently part of the Tottenham, coaching staff, said: “I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I'm happy learning under the best manager you could possibly have at the moment.
“I'm busy gaining my qualifications at a great club but who knows when new opportunities arise? I have not been approached but 100% I want to be a manager.
“Blackburn are a great club, a fantastic club, the best club I've ever played for even if they were not the biggest. They have a great academy and training facilities and a good ground.
“I know John Williams (the Blackburn chairman) well, he was the chief executive when I was there.”
Club chairman Anuradha Desai has claimed Allardyce was not capable of leading Blackburn to the top five in the Premier League, the target of new owners, The Venky Group.
But Sherwood believes the days are long gone when Rovers could challenge the elite of English football.
He added: “They will never win the league again, that would take Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour combined but Blackburn have got reasonable players.
“They are good enough to get safety every year and knock on the door of six, seven and eight in the Premier League.
“It was a surprise to hear about Allardyce but can you ever be shocked these days? A manager's position is always dodgy when a club gets new owners.”