Manchester United goalkeeper Lee Grant has revealed he has plans to enter management when he retires.

Grant, 36, moved to United last summer from Stoke City.

“Strangely, in the earlier part of my career, coaching was something I was always dead against," he told manutd.com.

“I could never see myself in that role whereas, as I got to 26 or 27, my views changed on that dramatically.

“I'm completely the opposite now. It's something I'm really looking forward to getting into and, hopefully, management at some stage. I'd really love to be part of a coaching team and, as I say, eventually lead a team. That would be the ideal scenario for me.

“I think something changed when I went back to Derby for the second time. I was working with Steve McClaren and I just saw the way he worked. I actually saw, first hand how a change in manager can have such a dramatic impact on a football club, and on a team of players. It really opened my eyes to it. So getting an opportunity to do that in the future, I'm really looking forward to that moment.

“I've had some excellent role models. For me, though, you learn just as much from the ones you don't necessarily agree with, the ones you don't see eye-to-eye with, or the ones whose methods you don't like. You learn as much from those as you do from the ones you've really enjoyed working with, the ones you've studied and the ones you trust and believe in.

“So there is lots to learn and I am trying to pick up as much as I can. I feel like I'm in a wonderful position to do that at the football club I am at, at the moment."