The position will be vacant after Steve McClaren stepped down as Jamaica coach in November after failing to qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup.
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Former England manager Steve McLaren is in talks with Rotherham United over his role at the club. Rotherham will be playing in League Two next season after being relegated last month.
Lee Clarke is currently caretaker manager of the Millers, but is waiting to see if he is offered a full-time role after winning just one of his eight games in charge. Rotherham will end a disastrous season away to Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday, but chairman Tony Stewart is already looking to the future.
The Rotherham Advertiser reported that a meeting with Stewart, who is good friends with McLaren, was scheduled for Tuesday. It has not been ruled out that the 64-year-old could succeed Clarke as Rotherham manager, but it is also possible that he could take up another role, such as sporting director.
McLaren was recently spotted at the New York Stadium to watch Rotherham play Barnsley. His family home is thought to be in North Yorkshire, so working in Rotherham could be an attractive possibility.
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McLaren resigned as Jamaica national team coach last year after the team failed to qualify for this summer’s World Cup. The former Manchester United assistant manager described his 18-month tenure as “one of the greatest honors of his career”.
Apart from his infamous spell as England manager, McLaren also managed Middlesbrough, Twente, Derby County, Newcastle United and Queens Park Rangers.
If McClaren were to become Rotherham manager, League Two would be his lowest coaching level. As for Mr Clarke’s fate, he expects his future to be revealed “very soon”.
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Steve McLaren’s last job at club level was with Manchester United (Image: Michael Regan – The FA/The FA via Getty Images)
“The club has a lot of work to do on many fronts, including recruiting players and providing information to the current squad about who will stay, who will leave and who will be offered a new contract,” Clark said.
“There’s a preseason structure and it’s obviously started and it’s still going on. People think eight weeks (the length of the offseason) is a long time.
“But when you are putting in so much work, that period passes quickly. We cannot waste any time in starting to rebuild the club and get it back to its previous success.”
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