Hakan Hayrettin is focused only on Salford City at the moment, but he said he would consider turning his caretaker manager's role into a permanent appointment if things go well after his return to Braintree Town.

The former Iron boss made an unexpected temporary comeback into the managerial hotseat this week following the departure of Brad Quinton and, having led them to a 4-0 Essex Senior Cup win in midweek, is now preparing to take them to Vanarama National League leaders Salford City on Saturday.

Hayrettin said the win against Canvey Island on Tuesday had given him a good chance to have a look at the players within the current squad and while he feels more experience is needed to bolster the group if they are to survive in the National League going forward, he is fully focused on working with them in the short-term.

And the caretaker boss said he'd welcome the chance to return on a permanent basis if things went well in his temporary stint.

Hayrettin said: "Brad Quinton did an unbelievable job in getting the club promoted, but while he was trusting of the players who got them up, there is no real experience in there of Conference level football.

"However good they are, that is important.

"But I'm going to come in and work with the players and see what I can do.

"I was more than happy to accept the challenge and if we do well together then I'd like to think that it was possible that I could stay on.

"But I think we have to be realistic as the club still have one of the smallest budgets in the league and it is tough.

"Of course I'd like it if it happened, but it's something we'd have to sit down and talk about."

Hayrettin knows such an appointment may raise eyebrows in some quarters after his previous time with the club ended in them being relegated from the National League at the end of the 2016/17 season.

Some fans have been outspoken about his caretaker appointment on social media this week, but Hayrettin said he hadn't experienced any ill feeling when leading the team for the Essex Senior Cup clash against Canvey and added that many fans wouldn't have known the full facts of the constraints he was working within during his first spell as boss.

"I didn't sense any resentment coming towards me (on Tuesday) and I'm just here trying to help the club to get its survival," he said.

"I want to help them and get them into a place of safety.

"That's the challenge for everyone and we're working hard for that, but this is a wonderful opportunity for me to get back out there.

"When I left before, I kept in touch with lots of people and I was probably one of the first people to pass of congratulations to them when the club got promoted.

"But it was a relief for me when I went.

"I had worked very hard during my time in charge, but I still maintain that the previous manager (Jamie Day) had put people on contract who were not up to the task and I had to work with that.

"We picked up points when I managed to get players that I wanted in on loan, but when they had to go back, we found it tougher again and then the financial constraints that I had at the end of the season did not help us.

"I know there was some resentment from some people back then and they were entitled to feel that but they didn't know the facts.

"There was money that was generated by our run in the FA Cup and from the sale of Simeon Akinola, but that was not put back (into the playing budget) and that was a blow.

"Then you had certain players on contracts who I could not move on and financial constraints that were imposed at the end of the season and the fact that we got to within one win away of staying up was incredible.

"It didn't help that we were fighting an uphill battle from day one.

"The financial constraints did not go down well when I was trying to keep the club up."