Paul Ince wants 'dream' Wolves job

The popular former player has twice applied for the role before in 2006 and 2012.

Ince, who played for Wolves between 2002 and 2006, has been out of work since leaving Blackpool almost three years ago.

And he said it would be a 'dream come true' to manage Wolves.

"When a position comes available with a team like Wolves it gets you excited again," he told the PaddyPower blog.

"I love the game and I feel well prepared to take this leap. I'm seriously hungry for the Wolves job. I had four fantastic years at the club, and have a huge amount of love for the fans.

"Managing Wolves would be a dream come true. Wolves are incredibly close to my heart for a number of reasons.

"The ground, the atmosphere, the people at the club, the people in the city, everything about Wolves made me happy. I always want them to do well and it disappoints me when I see them struggling like they are now.

"I want to do something to help them. There has already been a couple of occasions for me to take over a club I desperately want to manage, but it just hasn't worked out. Now this could be third time lucky."

Of not getting the job in 2006, Ince said: "It was a disappointment personally but Mick did an unbelievable job. He was let go by the club in February 2012 with them struggling at the bottom of the Premier League, and I believed this was another chance for me to come in and manage Wolves.

"The board gave it to Terry Connor though who was McCarthy's assistant previously, and they ended up going down. At that time I felt I was the ideal candidate to keep Wolves up."

Meanwhile former Wolves boss Kenny Jackett suggested that he wasn't surprised Zenga was sacked.

The Italian succeeded Jackett in the summer but was given the boot after just 14 games in charge.

Jackett said: "You're looking at the inside of the club and you never know how relationships are

"From the outside it does look like it was building up quickly on him.

"Wolves, before the deadline, did invest and spend a lot of money.

"A lot of those players have taken time to settle, which is understandable coming from abroad.

"I think it's a tough situation.

"The key to it is the relationship between the chairman, or the main money man, and the guy running the team.

"If those two are on the same page and working towards the same goal you can achieve stability.

"If that relationship isn't quite right it's difficult to be successful."

Did Jackett think Fosun were interfering in first-team matters?

"I wasn't there for any competitive games, there was a pre-season friendly or two, but it didn't come across that would be the case," he added.