Camacho is yet to commit his future to the team (Allsport)

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Jose Antonio Camacho is back in the office marked coach at the Spanish FA, but he doesn't appear to be settling in for the long haul.

The reasons are not immediately apparent, although it doesn't seem to have anything to do with trauma of Spain's exit from the World Cup in the quarter finals.

Camacho has clearly come to terms with the heartbreak of losing to co-hosts South Korea in a penalty shoot-out that arguably should never have happened.

Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether the controversy has undermined his resolve.

"I am here at the moment and I have come here to work," he told Marca.

"I have nothing to say about my future, only that I have begun to prepare for the European Championships.

"I said that I wouldn't continue (as Spain coach) if we failed in the World Cup, but that has not happened."

Nevertheless, Camacho refused to commit himself totally to the national side.

"I am unpredictable," he said, "and I can't say for certain that I am going to carry on.

"I am not going to continually deny rumours and nobody knows what is going to happen in the future."

"I haven't thought about my continuity, but now we have to think about our next objectives.

"The next European Championships are in two years time and the World Cup in four years - that is a long time."

Camacho admitted that he sometimes missed the routine of training a club team.

"On several occasions, I have said I would like to coach every day, but the national team also has other demands," he said.

"For example, I have tried to turn the national side into everyone's team and I think we are doing that.

"I see that children are excited by the Spain team and that's important."

Camacho revealed he had turned down several offers in order to lead Spain in the Far East tournament, but there had been no approaches since his return.

"Before we left they all got the same answer, everyone knew I was preparing for the World Cup and I couldn't leave then," he said.

"I haven't had any offers since the World Cup ended."

Despite uncertainty over the future, Camacho remains wholly committed to the Spanish team and typically modest about his achievements.

"Camacho is not important," he insisted.

"The important thing is the national team. People also said it would be impossible to imagine Spain without Miguel Munoz (the national coach from 1982-1988) at the front, but when he left nothing happened."

With the memories still irritatingly fresh, Camacho is reluctant to discuss Spain's controversial elimination from the World Cup when the match was decided on penalties following a scoreless draw after two seemingly legitimate Spanish goals had been disallowed.

"We played against the co-hosts and we scored two goals against them which nobody else had done," he said.

"Our superiority during the game was clear, but there was a series of refereeing decisions which did not allow us to reach the semi-final.

"We have said (earlier) what we thought about the referee and to continue talking about him would serve no purpose."