Doesn’t say he wanted the job, just that the club spoke with him. Described as an interview but it might have been a sounding out on both sides. As Holmes & Watson refers to, club might have set out the parameters they wanted a ‘head coach’ (not manager) to work in, and he said ‘not for me’.
A concern before the Rasmuses and DoFs of the world is that they might appoint someone who knows more than they do.