Unai Emery has thanked Everton for the interest they expressed in his services after sacking former manager Marco Silva.
Silva , who was in charge of the Blues for 18 months, was let go earlier this month after his side suffered with a poor run of form.
The search for a new permanent manager then got underway at Goodison Park while Duncan Ferguson was appointed as caretaker manager and a host of names were linked including former Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti who is expected to take the hotseat .
Everton also clearly approached Emery, who was also sacked earlier this month by Arsenal, to enquire about his availability but were told by the Spaniard he needed time to "regroup ideas and analyse mistakes" before taking on another project.
The former Gunners manager was asked by Guillem Balague for the BBC about the interest from Everton and what happens next.
"Now is the time to go home," Emery said.
"To be with my people, to analyse a lot. I'll spend the next few days close to my family, with my coaches. And I've started doing a lot of soul searching.
"We all spoke to each other and questioned what we got wrong. There's been interest from teams but I want to just spend some quiet time and choose the right project.
"Different teams have expressed interest. To be honest I want to thank them [Everton and others] for wanting me and I told them that I wanted to be quiet, that I need to take a little bit of air. And to choose well the next project after many years of not stopping.
"For the moment it is time to rest. That will be good for my mind. To regroup ideas and to analyse mistakes that we may have made. To talk to people around me to ask them what they saw in what I did. I need time for all that. Personally I need to recover energy to start strong the next thing that I will lead.
"And I want to take advantage of this conversation to thank Arsenal for the opportunity they gave me to live these moments with them. One bad month will not take that away."
You can read the full interview with Emery here .
