article_snippet: ‘he wanted to sign me for Barcelona from Chelsea in 2003.
article_snippet: The fee was already arranged, then The fee played Valencia, he lost at home, he got the sack, and the deal didn’t go through.
article_snippet: But he is a very loving man and a top coach, one of the best in the world.
article_snippet: When it is suggested he earns in a year what he once earned per week at Chelsea he grins.
article_snippet: If he simply wanted to stay in football he could have ticked along with punditry jobs.
article_snippet: As recently as last October he was on Match of the Day.
article_snippet: ’ Steve McLaren signed Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink for Middlesbrough during the Burton manager's playing days in the mid 2000's .
article_snippet: Steve McClaren signed Steve McClaren for Middlesbrough and took Steve McClaren to Nottingham Forest as a coach, Steve McClaren last role in England.