Brendan Rodgers has said he wants to manage Liverpool for the next 20 years -- but also hopes to coach in Spain one day.
Rodgers, who arrived at Anfield in June 2012, signed a contract in February that commits him to the Merseyside club until 2018.
The Liverpool boss studied coaching methods at several Spanish clubs including Barcelona, Real Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla and Villarreal before moving into management.
And as he prepared to lead the Reds into a Champions League group match against Real Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday, Rodgers spoke of a long-term ambition to work in La Liga.
He told Spanish newspaper AS: "I hope one day to work in Spain. I've studied Spanish, but I need to improve. I'll probably improve when I work in the country one day.
"For most people, when they travel to a country their language becomes better. I speak to the Spanish players that we have in Spanish.
"I'm only 41, which is very young, and there are lots of things I want to achieve here at Liverpool. It's an incredible club and I hope to be managing here for another 20-odd years.
"One day, I hope it can take me to Spain and I can experience a wonderful country, culture and some wonderful football club."
After studying coaching methods in Spain, Rodgers embarked on a career as a youth coach, initially at Reading, after a knee injury had forced him to give up playing in his early 20s.
He went on to coach Chelsea's youth and reserve sides under Jose Mourinho before moving into management in 2008, first with Watford and then Reading and Swansea.
"I spent a lot of time in Spain and Holland," he said. "I was enthused by clubs that had the link and the association from the base through to the top.
"I also love the Spanish way of football, the domination and control of the ball.
"For me, Spain, Holland and the British mentality put together can be hard to beat, so my feeling was always to make a fusion between them.
"And with time to coach, the key of everything is to improve and making the player happy. It's not really about me or what's on my CV, of course. At the end of the day, people will measure me for what I have done -- but for me the journey is more important than the end."
Rodgers, meanwhile, has backed former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez to be a success at Barcelona.
Suarez -- the Reds' top scorer with 31 Premier League goals last season -- left Anfield for La Liga in a 75 million-pound deal in July.
He will finally be able to make his Barca debut against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Saturday after completing a four-month ban imposed for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini while playing for Uruguay at the World Cup.
Rodgers said: "He will succeed. He's a big player and he will be a big success at Barcelona.
"I built my team around Luis, and when I came I would hear people say about his finishing but in my two seasons he got 30 goals in the first, 31 in the second.
"So we helped improve his game and he also helped our team."