McClaren leaves Twente for Wolfsburg

Having led FC Twente to their first Dutch title in his second season in Enschede, former England manager Steve McClaren has moved to deposed German champions VfL Wolfsburg.

The 49-year-old has committed to the Wolves until June 2012 as he looks to build on a fine two-year spell at Twente, where his side were runners-up in league and cup in his first season in charge before taking the title this time around. Sir Alex Ferguson's one-time assistant at Manchester United FC, McClaren led Middlesbrough FC to the first trophy in their history, the 2003/04 English League Cup, and the UEFA Cup final two years later, leaving to take charge of England having previously worked as Sven-Göran Eriksson's assistant. McClaren's reign proved brief as he was dismissed in November 2007 after England failed to reach UEFA EURO 2008.

Having won the title in 2008/09 under Felix Magath, Wolfsburg failed to repeat their successes this season, bowing out of the UEFA Champions League after the group stage and replacing coach Armin Veh with Lorenz-Günther Köstner. Although they went onto reach the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, an eighth-placed Bundesliga finish means they will not be in Europe next season. As Dutch champions, Twente will enter the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League in the group stage.