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Terry Venables is ready to end his year-long exile from management to take over at Leeds United after a remarkable day of developments at Elland Road that originally saw Middlesbrough’s Steve McClaren lined up to accept the job only to be informed late last night that his services were no longer required.
McClaren had been willing to ditch Middlesbrough and agree a four-year contract at Leeds after being identified as the leading candidate to replace David O’Leary once Martin O’Neill had made it clear Authentic Prada Wallet For Sale Philippines he wanted to stay at Celtic.
However prada online, McClaren’s representatives were then notified last night that Biggest Prada Store In London Leeds had changed their mind and would be appointing Venables within the next 24 hours. Some members of the Leeds board got cold feet because of McClaren’s close links with Manchester United’s manager Sir Alex Ferguson. McClaren was Ferguson’s assistant at Old Trafford before moving to Middlesbrough and Authentic Prada Bags Online Singapore has closely consulted with the Scot about taking the Leeds job.
The Leeds board was worried about the reaction of fans to someone with such close links to such fierce rivals Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada Online Store as Manchester United, while Ferguson is currently trying to buy Leeds’s central defender and captain Rio Ferdinand. McClaren released a statement last night saying he had “no intention of walking away from what everyone at the club [Middlesbrough] has been working hard to achieve over the last 12 months or so,” but sources close to him revealed he was humiliated and angry at the sudden change of events.
It is certainly a remarkable development, especially considering that McClaren’s appointment on Teesside last year had precipitated Venables’ departure from the club, along with Bryan Robson.
At 59, Venables is effectively Leeds’s third choice for the job but the Elland Road hierarchy are acutely aware that the former England coach has a proven track record of succeeding where O’Leary had failed, by winning silverware at both Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur.
To lure McClaren away from Middlesbrough, exploiting a get-out clause in his contract, would also have cost Leeds in the region of £1m at a time when they are under intense pressure to save money.
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Where it leaves Bicester Village Prada Bag Price McClaren is unclear. Although Keith Lamb, Middlesbrough’s chief executive, correctly stated yesterday that there had been no official contact from Leeds, the club was acutely aware that negotiations between McClaren’s advisers and the Leeds’ chairman Peter Ridsdale were at an advanced stage.
McClaren would seemingly have no option now but to resume pre-season training when it is widely known he was ready to leave Middlesbrough only a year after joining the club.
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Leeds had originally identified O’Neill as the most capable successor but after initially receiving encouraging noises they gradually began to realise there was only a minimal chance they would be able to prise him away from Parkhead.
In Venables, however, they will be installing a manager with vast experience, and will be desperately hoping that he can live up to his reputation