AND DEFINITELY NOT FOR THE MONEY!

to do to win, that’s the kind of human being I am.

“I don’t muck around, I don’t waste time with things that will not benefit the club or the players. We haven’t got time for that. We need to carry on winning games.”

Although this was his official unveiling, Campbell did give a team talk ahead of Macclesfield’s 1-0 win at Exeter on Tuesday.

It was a second straight victory but Macclesfield remain rooted to the bottom of League Two.

“You have to start somewhere,” Campbell said. “The opportunity came up and there was no messing about.

“I’m going to take it with both hands.” Campbell has had eclectic interests since playing his last game in 2011, including a dabble with the idea of standing for Mayor of London.

But in an impressive, confident first public outing as a manager, he insisted his love of the game drew him back to football... and here to Macclesfield.

“It’s the passion,” he said. “I think about football all the time. I like strategy, I like the whole buzz of it, I love building teams, I want to run my own show.

“I’m a serious character when it comes to football. I’m deadly serious about football and want to see how far I can go.

“The first job is to get Macclesfield further up table and go from there.

“The passion is there. I’m not going to lie, there have been times when I’ve thought, ‘Is it going to happen?’

“But you can walk away from football but it kept on coming back. Football is where my heart is.

“It’s been a long time coming but I am thrilled to bits to be here.”

And in a stadium representing a different world from the one he lived in as a player, you got the sense he meant it.

As he finally sets out on his managerial journey, Campbell deserves any luck he gets.

He will definitely need it. the