McClaren has endured a difficult start to life with FC Twente. Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images
Welcome to the real world, Steve. The real world where you’re not saddled with such burdensome decisions as picking between John Terry and Jamie Carragher at centre-back; where you can’t simply ostracise one of your best players, David Beckham, because you’re [...]

Steve McClaren poses in the Enschede stadium. Photograph: Vincent Jannink/AFP/Getty Images
Steve McClaren will make an early return to English football when his new side, FC Twente, take on Arsenal in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. McClaren only took the reins at Twente – who finished fourth in the Dutch league last season [...]