Robbie Fowler has revealed he has begun working his way towards obtaining the UEFA Pro Licence as he looks to make the step into management.

The Liverpool legend admits he is eager to move into the dugout having hung up his boots in 2012, and was at the FA's National Football Centre on Monday to continue the course to secure the game’s highest coaching qualification.

Fowler told the Liverpool Echo: “I’ve got the other coaching badges and now I’m doing the Pro Licence which is the highest one you can do.

“I started it in January and it will take around a year. By next June I should have completed it.

“Everyone knows I want to be a manager. It’s what I have always longed for and I am almost there now.

“Doing the Pro Licence shows how serious I am about it. I love football. I always have done.

“Regardless of what people think about me, I believe I’d make a good manager and I am determined to prove that.

“I am doing it all the correct way. Nobody can think I’m trying to take any shortcuts.

“I am getting all my badges and then I hope an opportunity will come my way. I am doing it the proper way and I’m enjoying it.”