Carroll took the post after new club owner KSI chose to sack Lee Bradbury. He had originally signed as a player and investor after leaving Bordeaux last summer.
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"Management was never something I wanted to do," he told The Sun. "But I always knew that if there was a chance for me to do it, I could.
"It's something that is exciting me at the minute. I'm really happy with the way it is going, but I never thought about it and it just fell on my lap.
"I want to play football. I'm still contracted here to play football and that's what I want to do every single day. If that includes having the manager's job alongside it, so be it.
"But being the boss permanently and not being able to play football isn't something I'd do right now."