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Steve McClaren eyeing third spell as FC Twente manager after Queens Park Rangers sacking

Steve McClaren, Manager of Queens Park Rangers looks on prior to the FA Cup Fourth Round match between Portsmouth and Queens Park Rangers at Fratto...
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The experienced boss left Queens Park Rangers at the start of this month.

Steve McClaren, Manager of Queens Park Rangers looks on prior to the FA Cup Fourth Round match between Portsmouth and Queens Park Rangers at Fratton Park on January 26, 2019 in Portsmouth,...

Steve McClaren is open to a third spell as manager of FC Twente after leaving Queens Park Rangers.

McClaren was sacked by QPR after less than a year at the start of this month.

Loftus Road was the latest stop on McClaren’s decline, which began shortly after leading Twente to the Eredivisie title nine years ago.

Since then, the 57-year-old has managed Wolfsburg, Nottingham Forest, Twente (again), Derby County (twice), Newcastle United and QPR, with little success

And speaking to the Dutch broadcaster RTV Oost this week, McClaren admitted: “I still think: if FC Twente asks tomorrow if I want to return, I will come immediately.

“For me it is a fantastic club, with great people and fantastic supporters.

(L-R) Edson Braafheid, Steve McClaren, Leroy Fer during the training of FC Twente at the Fanny Blankers Koen Training Ground on february 21, 2013 in Hengelo, The Netherlands

“The fact that I had to ‘hand in’ my contract at FC Twente in my second period was one of the biggest setbacks in my trainer career. The club wanted me to leave. I don’t know why, but they wanted to take a different course. Very disappointing for me.

“(If they ask me) then I will do it again, provided that the prospects for a successful period are present.”

Twente are currently en route back to the Eredivisie after being relegated last season.

coach Marino Pusic of FC Twente  during the Dutch Keuken Kampioen Divisie  match between Fc Twente v FC Dordrecht at the De Grolsch Veste on April 5, 2019 in Enschede Netherlands

And it is unlikely the Enschede club will dispense of their manager, Marino Pusic, any time soon.

Queens Park Rangers remain on the hunt for McClaren’s replacement, who is not expected to arrive before the end of the current Championship season.

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