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Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has embarked on his UEFA Pro Licence as he looks to launch a career in management.

The 40-year-old was at the FA’s National Football Centre at St George’s Park on Monday as he works towards obtaining the highest coaching qualification available.

Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett and former Blackburn Rovers manager Gary Bowyer are among those on Fowler’s course and he hopes to complete it in 2017.

Fowler has been linked with jobs at various clubs since retiring from playing in 2012 but a move into management has yet to materialise.

The lack of time and patience given to managers these days doesn’t put him off and he’s determined to prove he can be a success in the dugout.

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

“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 License 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.”