Former Spears manager: 'Comeback is too soon'

Britney Spears' former manager Johnny Wright has slammed the pop star's minders - insisting they've ignored her best interests and pushed her into making a comeback.

The pop star is preparing for a whirlwind tour following the release of her highly-anticipated album 'Circus', and has reportedly swapped the team of choreographers who helped launch her to fame to work with Madonna's choreographer Jamie King for the show.

The switch was followed by the star officially handing legal and permanent conservatorship of her estate over to her father Jamie last Wednesday - almost a year after he was first put in charge of his daughter's affairs.

And Wright, who parted ways with Spears in 2003, insists she's not ready to return to the spotlight.

He tells America's 'OK!' magazine, "A comeback is not what I wish for Britney. What I wish for her is to settle down and find real happiness. All her essential relationships have been torn apart. She's been divorced twice, she doesn't have custody of her kids, she's being pushed back into being a money machine.

"I want her to be happy in her heart, then go back to the business because she wants to, not because people are convincing her she has to, or that it would be good therapy for her. It's too soon for her to be a part of a manufactured machine that is pushing her to have to be a success.

"It was very telling when I found out Wade and Andre were no longer with the tour. They helped create the best tours we ever had with Britney. Wade is a really good influence and understands her. When I heard he was no longer involved, I knew there was a problem, and it is probably just the beginning of more problems to come.

"Britney has to rival Madonna out there, but Madonna really wants to do it. Seeing Britney do it by the numbers isn't a good sign. It means she might not want it as much as those around her do... Her career can wait. Now it should be about spending time with her kids. That's where she'll bring herself back to herself. But she's gearing up for much more time away from them while on the road.

"Even if she's gone for a month, the growth of those boys during that period is significant. She won't see that and will really miss that. Those are moments she's not going to get back."

Jamie Spears was made a co-conservator of his daughter's legal, financial and personal dealings in February 2008 following a public breakdown, in which the singer was hospitalised to undergo a mental evaluation.