Former Everton striker Nikica Jelavic is targeting a return to the Premier League - as a manager.
The Croatian spent two years at Goodison Park under David Moyes and then Roberto Martinez, after completing a £5m transfer from Rangers in January 2012.
Jelavic made 69 appearances for the Blues, scoring 21 times, before joining Hull City. He then went to play for West Ham United, in China and back in his homeland.
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The 37-year-old hung up his boots two years ago, but after 12 months away from the game, he has returned as Lokomotiv Zagreb's U19s head coach. And, while the focus, for now, is on developing young players to sell onto bigger clubs, Jelavic still has lofty ambitions of his own.
Speaking to Sky Sports after playing in a Rangers Legends match last weekend, he said: "I want to be a manager in the Premier League so this is the target for the future. I always try to set targets. Even when I was a player I was setting targets, goal targets, some numbers. Now, especially as a coach I want to set big targets - but step by step, of course."
Having been capped 36 times in his playing career by Croatia, Jelevic has already obtained his UEFA A and B licences and is now awaiting enrolment on the Pro Licence.
His current role at Lokomotiv Zagreb is significant, because their first-team squad currently includes 17 players who have come through their academy.
"What we are trying to do in my club, we don't give big money to young players," he said. "They have to earn it. When they make their move they can earn money. But in our club we are trying to keep them focused on developing. Nothing else. We produce and we sell. We know what we have to do to survive."
The model under which he is currently operating at Lokomotiv is world's apart from that seen at Everton, although his former club's recent woes suggest to him that decision-making has underpinned wasteful investment.
He said: "Everton spent a lot of money and they didn't do well. Who made mistakes? I don't know. But, when I was there they were choosing players and how to spend money much, much more carefully."
Despite the Blues' on-going flirt with relegation, Jelavic is satisfied that they have finally got the right man at the helm in the shape of Sean Dyche and was only too happy to draw comparisons between the club's current boss and Moyes.
Jelavic said: "This is something that Everton needs. Because Everton with David Moyes was always a tough place to come and play. The big teams, they hated playing at Goodison. So this now becomes something similar. Everton needs someone who is actually a tough manager."
When asked whether he could end up in the dugout at Bramley-Moore Dock in the future, he added: "Listen, you never know in the future but, definitely, that would be great, especially Rangers and Everton. With both of these two clubs I really have special memories."
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