DWIGHT YORKE has thrown his name forward to succeed Dick Advocaat after Sunderland clinched a safeguarded their place in the Premier League.

Yorke, who spent three seasons on Wearside helping to turn around the club's fortunes under Roy Keane, claims to have 'unfinished business' as he edges towards attaining the required coaching qualifications.

The 43-year-old, a former Manchester United and Aston Villa forward, was a well-liked member of the Black Cats dressing room during his time in the North-East and hinted he would welcome a return to try to take the club forward at some point.

Advocaat has told Sunderland he will decide on his future after Sunday's trip to Chelsea brings the curtain down on his short reign, although the club's American owner Ellis Short would love to keep him longer.

Yorke told Kicca: "I feel that I'm in a good place. Now that it is something that would be very appealing to me if and when that job does come about maybe it is something that I would really consider looking into.

"Certainly I've made no secret that I'm doing my coaching badges at this point in time.

"I see myself as a young man still involved in the game, still associate myself working in the media. I take football very seriously and I've learned a lot over the years being a professional player for a number of years, been part of a backroom staff, learning my coaching badges and I feel that one day given the chance the opportunity may come along at Sunderland it would be a team of great interest to me because I feel I've got unfinished business there.

"I see myself as an aspiring, new, young manager coming through the ranks once I've finished my qualifications this year I will certainly be looking at it with one eye. At the moment we know Dick Advocaat is the manager there and we wish him well. Again they are a club that I have a great deal of admiration for."