Hull City had managed to put Chris Coleman in a dilemma by making a tempting offer to him, but, as the former Swansea City player recalled the happy faces of the fans that he had seen on his return from Euro, he quickly shrugged the thought of switching the job off his head and said no to the Yorkshire club.

Coleman confesses to have got interested in the offer for a second or two because it had come from the Premiership which is an aspiration for any coach. Whilst the bookmakers such as netbet made him the odds-on favourite for the Tigers, in his heart he knew he could never really move on.

The 46-year old said, “An offer from Premiership is big and any such offer flatters you a little bit and makes you think over it, but, I declined it only because I have to ensure this Welsh side doesn’t happen to be a one-tournament wonder.”

“We had not even dreamt of the Euro unfolding the way it did for us. If it had not been like that and my ambition with this team had died down, it was likely that I grabbed another offer, but, not after experiencing those Goosebumps moments on the homecoming. There is no better feeling than to see that kind of happiness among the country people.”

“Many times I have seen a different scenario where people are disappointed with the failure of the team and the players or the manager hesitate to go out, but, this kind of response was definitely a first for me to be honest and I believe it’s these moments which help you bond tightly as a unit. You can go for team dinner, have funny moments with each other or whatever, but, the energy and the spirit you get from a positive public response, especially from such a response, you can’t get it from anything else.”