Steve Round has revealed his future lies in full-time management - but the Middlesbrough head coach insists he remains committed to the Riverside outfit. The 35-year-old was linked with the then vacant Hull City job during the summer and recently took up a part-time coaching role with England. And though he is in no hurry to move into management just yet, Round has told the Sunday Sun that is where his ambitions ultimately lie. "I definitely see myself in full-time management in the future," he said. "I'm 35 now and maybe I could go into management this year, next year or in five or 10 years. I'm in no rush, it's got to be at the right time, at the right club. "This is my 12th season coaching elite players in the Premier League so although I'm only 35, I've got quite a lot of experience behind me. "But while I've got the chance to work with the great players we've got at Middlesbrough and the fantastic players we've got with England, I'm going to carry on doing that. It's a fantastic opportunity and a great experience for me. "Throughout the summer the chairman (Steve Gibson) said he wanted to bring in a new manager but he didn't want the staff to leave, he was very keen to keep the continuity and all the things that had brought us success over five years. "I had to repay that loyalty. I had no inclination and no real thoughts about leaving, I'm committed to Middlesbrough." What goes Round.. First they took the manager, then the former head coach...and when England entered their brave, bold new world last week, they borrowed Middlesbrough's star player and current head of coaching. But it's not all take, take, take, according to the latter. Steve Round joined Steve McClaren, Terry Venables and Stewart Downing on international duty, but insists his involvement in the England set-up - and with El Tel in particular - can also benefit Boro. "When I'm with Middlesbrough all my effort goes into that and when I'm with England all my effort goes into that but there are going to be overlaps, there are things I'll take from here to England that I think we can improve, and vice versa," said Round. "It's a great experience to work with Terry, I spent a lot of time with him over the three days and I wanted to because you have to tap into that knowledge. "He's got a phenomenal tactical brain and some of his ideas I found fascinating. It can only benefit myself and the people I work with to spend as much time as I can with someone of his quality. "As a coach you're a continual learner. Terry is 63 and he's still taking on board new ideas and developing himself as a coach, so the learning never stops. "If I can improve every day that I'm coaching then that can only benefit the players I'm working with, that's my sole responsibility, to help them improve. "The players always come first and I always ask myself `How can I help that player get better?'" Even the England elite. "It was a fantastic experience for me to work with a collective group of players with such quality and professionalism, I really enjoyed every minute of it," Round said. "My main responsibility is warm-ups and getting the lads ready to go into sessions with Steve or Terry, they're both going to take an active role in the real minute details of preparing for the game. "So I start the session and end it, and anyone who wants any extra work, if defenders want more heading practice or the strikers want a bit more shooting, then I'm around for that as well. "The players were first class, they're very good pros. You don't get to the level they're at unless they're exceptional professionals. "Providing as a coach your ideas are good and your sessions are good, and you treat the players with respect, you get the same back. "I wasn't nervous, I've worked with some fantastic players and great internationals over the past 11 or 12 years as a coach. "I understand their mentality, the way they think. It was more excitement and enthusiasm than anxiety. "The feedback from the players at the end of the three days was that they'd enjoyed it, they'd found the training very intense, competitive and they felt that they'd learnt something from the week. "You could see that they took that into the game. We had a fantastic start but there's a lot of realism in the camp, we're not getting carried away with one game. "We have to improve all of the time because at the end of the day it's all about the final hurdle, firstly qualifying for the European Championships and then trying to win it." First things first though, and the little matter of a new club campaign on which, Round insists, the Boro squad are firmly focused. "The mood in the camp is very good and has been throughout pre-season, but especially the last couple of weeks as we've got closer to the big kick-off," he said. "The players are very focused, they want to play, they want to perform. "They're going into the season with high hopes, they want to achieve more than we did last year. "Not being in Europe is a blow because we enjoyed that experience immensely, but we've got to channel that now into the league and the domestic cups." | 
