Paul Ince: I want the Wolves job

Exclusive - by Tim Nash: Paul Ince today declared: "I'd take the Wolves job now," after throwing his hat into the ring to succeed or work with Terry Connor.

The former Wolves captain is desperate to return to Molineux and relaunch his managerial career.

Ince spoke to chief executive Jez Moxey the day before Connor was appointed to the end of the season on February 24, claiming he was told the board wanted someone experienced.

But the 44-year-old former Macclesfield, MK Dons, Blackburn and Notts County boss believes he has all the qualities to take over a club he knows well.

"When I spoke to Jez about the situation, he said the job was about experience, but a day later they appointed Terry," said Ince, who captained Wolves to the Premier League in 2003.

"With all due respect to 'TC,' I've got more managerial experience than him.

"I've saved teams from relegation, I've got teams promoted and I've managed in the Premier League.

"But the job at the moment is about motivating players and the fans and I feel I can do that."

Ince is that keen to manage Wolves he is prepared to risk a relegation on his CV and start now.

"I feel should be at the club now," he said.

"If someone said 'take it for the last seven games' I'd do it because it's Wolves and they're my club and they're only going one way at the moment.

"Wolves is a massive club. I went there when they hadn't been in the top division for 19 years and we won promotion at the first attempt and played there for four years so Wolves is a massive part of my life."

Ince's last job was at Notts County, where he was sacked a year ago after a club record nine defeats in a row.

But he saved Macclesfield from the drop against all the odds and won promotion with them and MK Dons and feels he could do a good job at Wolves.

"If I went there, they'd have nothing to lose," he added.

"I'd tell the players the hard facts and say 'everyone thinks you're going down anyway' and try to get something extra out of them.

Ince remains popular with Wolves fans and he topped an Express & Star poll in 2006 when he was interviewed for the job to succeed Glenn Hoddle before Mick McCarthy was appointed.