Former Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva says that he is not ready to go into coaching just yet, but refused to dismiss the idea of returning to Arsenal in some capacity some day. In an interview with Goal.com http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2016/10/24/28800732/gilberto-silva-there-is-a-human-being-behind-the-footballer?ICID=HP_BN_1, the ex Brazil midfielder suggested that his current job as Sporting Director at Panathinaikos is keeping him plenty busy for now.
"At the moment I didn’t have the feeling to be a coach. If you want to be a coach you must have this feeling and must live for it. You have to understand that sporting director is a full time job and the pressure is totally different and in some places being a coach is not easy – many coaches have been sacked very easily all over the world.
"At some point I will do my badges but that’s because I want to understand better what is behind the face of the coach, what he has to learn to become a successful one."
On the subject of returning to the Gunners, where he enjoyed six successful years between 2002-2008, winning a league title and two FA Cups, Gilberto was coy, "You never know [about returning to Arsenal]. Everyone knows Arsenal is the club from the deepest point of my heart that I have a great love and appreciation for.
"The most important part now is not to focus on that and focus on doing my job in the right way, to help them achieve their goals. If the team achieve their goals it means that everyone has done a good job. Everyday when I wake up I think what can I improve at the club, what can I do to improve myself and what can I do to give the club better service?
"This is my own challenge everyday. Sometimes it is a lonely job. Sometimes you don’t have anyone to share your frustrations with. Sometimes you don’t have people thinking the same way as you but you have to encourage people to work as you want according to their abilities and try to help them improve for the club."
