BERLIN, (Reuters) – Juergen Klinsmann said he was  looking forward to getting back into coaching and optimistic  about the right offer coming along after this year’s World Cup.

The former Germany coach, who will work as a TV analyst for  Germany’s RTL network in South Africa, told reporters on Friday  he was prepared to wait for the right opportunity.

“I’m not impatient,” said Klinsmann, who also coached Bayern  Munich before being sacked near the end of the 2008-09  Bundesliga season with his team lying third in the standings.

“I’m definitely going to get back into coaching and it’s  quite possible there’ll be something challenging in store after  the World Cup,” Klinsmann, 45, said.

“When it’s part of your genetic make-up, you’re always  thinking about how this or that coaching job might develop.”

Klinsmann, who led Germany to third place in the 2006 World  Cup, has studied Spanish, sports, medicine and other developments  in coaching.

“That’s the nice part about being between jobs is you have  the time to work on developing new skills and learning more,”  said the former Germany striker, who moved with his family back  to California last year.

NO REGRETS

Klinsmann said he had no regrets about taking the Bayern  Munich job in 2008.

“It was an important life experience,” he said. “I learned a  lot from the experience and it will help me down the line.”

As Germany coach he went from being a novice who made the  German federation nervous with his unorthodox methods to a  national hero when he led his unfancied team to their surprise  third-place finish in the World Cup.