Steve Bruce is set to retire following a 25-year career in football management.
The 62-year-old has been out of work since leaving West Brom last year and is now preparing for life after football.
Bruce - a former Manchester United captain - has been one of the most recognisable figures in English football for well over 40 years after making his senior debut for Gillingham in 1979.
But he has revealed that he is walking away from the game, saying: 'I'm looking at it now, the last job in particular hasn't gone so well.