Watford manager Enrique "Quique' Sanchez Flores has said that he would love to be considered to coach Spain but that the decision is not up to him.
Spain have not yet revealed a replacement for current coach Vicente del Bosque, who has reiterated his plans to step down after the European Championship this summer in France.
Del Bosque guided Spain to wins at the World Cup in 2010 and Euro 2012, but then oversaw La Roja's shock group exit at last summer's World Cup in Brazil.
Sanchez Flores, who led Atletico Madrid to a Europa League title in 2010 and has coached at Getafe, Valencia and Benfica as well as Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates before Watford, said that he would welcome the opportunity.
"No one could ever argue that coaching your own country's national team is not an extraordinary experience. But what is not said is how incredible it would be to coach certain players together at the same time and that is what really interests me," the 51-year-old told ESPN Deportes.
"To be able to coach [Andres] Iniesta, or [Sergio] Ramos and then put them on the field with [David] Silva or Silva with [Gerard] Pique. As a coach, I would love to be in that position because it is an incredible group, they are excellent players. But it is not up to me."
The Spaniard also said he thinks other European leagues play better tactically than clubs in the Premier League and that is why English teams haven't fared well at Champions League.
"The tactical level is better outside of England is better, so the Spanish, the Italians, the French are better than the English in that," the former right-back said.
"I think the energy that is spent here in this league [Premier] is impressive. Here, no one makes any assumptions [about any other teams]. And the recovery process after matches is different as well. So all that mix when you put it together, the English teams suffer more."
Sanchez Flores, who led Atletico to the Copa del Rey final in 2010, said that the style of officiating in the Premier League moves the game along faster than in Spain.
"With respect to the referees in Spain, who are very good, as are those here, but part of the culture here is the understanding of the game from one side to the other," he said. "Here there will be 14, 21 fouls. In Spain there would be 28 or 30. It's terrible and the game seems to be constantly interrupted. It is another way to perceive the game."
Watford, who face Arsenal on Saturday, sit 14th in the table. Sanchez Flores said he never imagined that Leicester would be leading the league at this point in the season and added that he didn't think a dream season like that could happen in any of the other leagues in Europe.
"I don't think so. And to be honest, I think it can only happen in the Premier league this season," he said. "Because even though this is the first time I am this involved in the Premier league, I have always followed it closely. And this is the first time I have seen Chelsea, United and Arsenal fail at the same time. It is impossible for four of the biggest clubs to fail at the same time, but that is what has happened.
"And so you have a super-organised team. They met their goals two months ago. So they are among the few teams in the world, who are playing just for fun, with more motivation and they go into each match with the dream of winning it. And they have no pressure on them at all so it is just marvelous. There is no pressure.
"We all play against Leicester, we all know how the play. But they play with less pressure and more intensity than anyone. So it is a perfect storm. If the intensity is there, they have less pressure and they are the happiest."
The Spaniard admitted that coaching in the Premier League is a different world.
"When you are training to be a coach you always imagine this type of scenario, for any country. For things to go well and to have a good result, the situation around you has to be normal," he added.
"Going to a match has to be more of a mood that you are going to a party versus some kind of serious melodrama, because at the end of the day this is sport, and sport must generate illusion, it shouldn't be generating melodrama.
"At the end of the day, sport has to be organised in able to sell the product, whether it is Spain or England, you have to know when, where, and everything here is in order like that, this [England] is very orderly and so things work well and there is respect."