Lehmann considers coaching career

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann admits he is considering becoming a coach after a couple of years off from football.

The German, who left Arsenal in 2008, retired last year and says he already misses the game.

Lehmann was Arsenal's number one 'keeper as they won the league unbeaten in 2003/04, and earned himself a place in gooners' hearts with some great performances between the sticks over the years.

However, the 41-year-old says he would not be a goalkeeping coach, just a general manager.

He said: "After a while I think I will get bored and start doing my coaching badges, then my education and then I will see what's going on.

"I'm aiming for a coaching badge from next April onwards in Germany. Not just goalkeeping, real managing. I had an offer before Christmas but they wanted to see me every day and that was quite far from home so I said no.

"I'm missing playing football, it's very difficult to find ten or 20 people to play with me!"

Lehmann added that Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten run was probably the highlight of his career.

He said: "The Invincibles year, in total, was an achievement I only realised how big it was afterwards.

"We only wanted to become champions at the time and then, all of a sudden, we achieved that at White Hart Lane.

"Then we said 'let's go for an unbeaten season, nobody has achieved that before'. Luckily enough, it went on [for] even longer."

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