"I should make it clear I was not offered the reserve team manager's job, but we spoke about it," said McAllister.
"I went to Liverpool to meet Rafa and Rick and we had a chat about the possibility of me returning. There is a vacancy on the coaching staff at the moment and we discussed it.
"I don't need to say how exciting and tempting an opportunity it was for me. Under any other circumstances I'd have jumped at the chance.
"But after we spoke I thought about the situation and realised the timing is just not quite right for me at this moment, so I told Rafa not to consider me for the job.
"I have two young boys and it's too early for me to start thinking about moving away from the Midlands so soon after Denise passed away.
"I'd never met Rafa before other than to say hello, but I thought he was an extremely impressive person."