FORMER Brisbane Lions skipper Michael Voss has thrown his hat into the ring for the job of coach of the Gold Coast team.

Voss met with the Gold Coast consortium yesterday to discuss its current position and "whether they do have a genuine interest in Michael Voss coaching the Gold Coast football club or is it just air".

Speaking on Channel Ten last night, Voss said he had reacted to the increasing amount of speculation over the new club and whether he was in its thinking as a potential coach.

"There's been a lot of speculation … so I guess it's the time to sit in front of the decision-makers and work out exactly where they are at. At the end of the day I don't think we know too many specifics," Voss said.

"From my perspective I would like to be able to be a coach some day, no doubt about that.

"I now have to go through the process like they do to work out who is the best candidate and they have to work out whether I'm that person.

"More importantly, I have got to work out whether it is the right club for me at the same time."

Voss said he was encouraged by the AFL indicating it would move to an 18-team competition because it would give him "two additional opportunities" to be able to secure a senior coaching role.

"From my perspective I guess I expressed an interest with the Gold Coast consortium … that we may have to go down (the path of) further talks to find out exactly where this can go," he said.

"I certainly didn't feel like it was a job interview. It was just basically sitting down and going through some of the details of what they have and what they don't have.

"For me, I just haven't really read that, I wanted to hear it out of their mouths to find out exactly where they are and whether they do have a genuine interest in Michael Voss coaching the Gold Coast football club or is it just air.

"It is very easy to be able to look five years down the track and look at this magnificent opportunity. The reality is the (Gold Coast) isn't that far down the track."

Voss said he realised AFL coaching was a "massive" task and he was "treating it very seriously".