{"id":442335,"date":"2011-06-16T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/16\/mcclaren-confirms-villa-approach\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T12:06:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:06:57","slug":"mcclaren-confirms-villa-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/16\/mcclaren-confirms-villa-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"McClaren confirms Villa approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"82.17664\"><span><span>By Phil McNulty<\/span><br \/><span>Chief football writer at the City Ground<\/span><\/span> <span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/53433000\/jpg\/_53433765_mcclaren.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" alt=\"Steve McClaren\" \/> McClaren has signed a three-year contract at Nottingham Forest<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Steve McClaren has revealed Aston Villa cancelled a meeting set up to discuss their managerial vacancy before he was appointed as Nottingham Forest&#8217;s new boss.<\/p>\n<p>Former England coach McClaren was paraded at The City Ground on Thursday after signing a three-year deal to succeed Billy Davies, who was sacked after losing to Swansea City in the Championship play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>McClaren was on a list of potential targets to succeed Gerard Houllier after he left Villa Park on health grounds &#8211; but it was claimed he was then ruled out of contention after an adverse reaction from fans.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/13793274.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1995: Becomes assistant to Jim Smith at Derby after spell as Oxford Utd youth team coach<\/li>\n<li>1999: Moves to Man Utd as number two to Sir Alex Ferguson<\/li>\n<li>February 2001: Joins Sven-Goran Eriksson&#8217;s coaching set-up with England<\/li>\n<li>June 2001: Appointed as Middlesbrough manager<\/li>\n<li>February 2004: Wins Carling Cup with 2-1 win over Bolton in final<\/li>\n<li>May 2006: Named as Eriksson&#8217;s successor as England boss<\/li>\n<li>November 2007: Sacked by England after failing to reach Euro 2008<\/li>\n<li>June 2008: Returns to management with FC Twente<\/li>\n<li>May 2010: Wins Dutch title before switching to Bundesliga side Wolfsburg<\/li>\n<li>February 2011: Parts company with Wolfsburg after poor results<\/li>\n<li>June 2011: Appointed as Nottingham Forest boss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said: &#8220;There was an approach and an appointment set up that wasn&#8217;t fulfilled, but I can&#8217;t control that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;d have to ask Aston Villa about the reasons that. At the time it was a disappointment but I&#8217;ve had many disappointments in football. I quickly moved on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Villa&#8217;s plan to now appoint former Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has provoked a furious response from supporters, with hundreds staging a protest outside the ground on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>McClaren has now set his sights on restoring Forest to the Premier League but insists he has nothing to prove in his home country after his failed 16-month spell as England coach.<\/p>\n<p>He was dismissed by the Football Association after England failed to reach Euro 2008, then moved abroad to win Eredivisie in Holland with FC Twente, only to endure a less successful spell in the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg and was sacked after only nine months in charge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great feeling to be here at Nottingham Forest,&#8221; said McClaren.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can smell the history and tradition of this club. I don&#8217;t feel I have anything to prove after England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before and after England I have been successful and I have come back here for a challenge and for a club with great ambitions in Nottingham Forest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McClaren added: &#8220;I could have waited and tried to seek an opportunity in the Premier League further down the line and I had quite a few offers from abroad but I have come to The City Ground for a new, big challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This club smacks of history and tradition and now we want to build on that and create a modern culture. There are always big expectations here, not just outside the club but from inside as well. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/13793274.stm\" title=\"McClaren confirms Villa approach\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McClaren confirms Villa approach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at the City Ground McClaren has signed a three-year contract at Nottingham Forest Steve McClaren has revealed Aston Villa cancelled a meeting set up to discuss their managerial vacancy before he was appointed as Nottingham Forest&#8217;s new boss. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":442336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-442335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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