Aitor Karanka has said he never wanted to leave Middlesbrough after a dramatic weekend on Teesside.
Karanka looked to be on his way out of the Championship club when it emerged he had left their Rockliffe Park training headquarters suddenly and unexpectedly after a team meeting on Friday.
The 42-year-old Spaniard was not in the dugout for Sunday's 2-0 Championship defeat at Charlton, but the club announced on Monday that he would resume his role as head coach with immediate effect.
Speaking to the club's official website, Karanka said: "They have been strange days for the people who have not been involved in the situation.
"The club and me had everything clear. I want to make it clear that the club never thought to sack me and I never wanted to leave.
"The best thing is I was supporting and helping from my house because we are a team even in the worst moments. I heard a lot of stupid things that I was laughing at [while I was] at home.
"To hear that I have problems with players in this changing room when they have given me every single thing... if I am in the position I am in now and the team is now, it's thanks to them."
Karanka held a meeting with his players and staff on Tuesday after chairman Steve Gibson had moved to find a solution and refocus attention on the club's bid for a return to the Premier League.
Boro, playoff final losers at the end of last season, are second in the table but seven points adrift of leaders Burnley with a game in hand having won just three of their last 11.
They face third-placed Hull at the Riverside on Friday evening, and Karanka said: "We have to look forward. We have an amazing month in front of us, we have some amazing fixtures, some amazing games at home, so we will keep going."