Steve McClaren steps down as technical director of Derby

Steve McClaren steps down as technical director of Derby but will continue to act as a senior advisor after the Championship club entered administration 

  • Steve McClaren has stepped down as technical director of Derby County 
  • The troubled Championship club entered administration last week 
  • McClaren voluntarily stepped down to preserve other jobs at the club
  • The former England manager will continue to act as a senior advisor 

Former England manager Steve McClaren has stepped down as technical director of troubled Derby but will continue to act as a senior advisor to the club.

The announcement came following discussions between McClaren and Derby’s administrators on Monday.

A statement from the club said: ‘The talks between both parties were amicable and as part of those discussions the club’s joint administrators expressed their desire to retain McClaren on a part-time consultancy basis.

Steve McClaren has stepped down as technical director of Derby but will continue to advise

‘It was agreed that McClaren will continue to act as a senior advisor as the club and joint administrators look to navigate through the administration process.’

The statement added that McClaren had, prior to Monday’s talks, voluntarily offered to leave his role ‘in order to help to preserve other jobs across the football club’.

McClaren, 60, has previously served the club as assistant manager, head coach and manager. He was appointed as an advisor to the board and technical director last November.

The former England manager will continue to act as a senior advisor to the troubled club

Financially-troubled Derby appointed administrators last week, incurring a 12-point penalty which sent them to the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship.

Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United left Wayne Rooney’s side with minus two points from nine games.

The Mail on Sunday revealed that Derby’s administrators have already received ‘seven or eight credible expressions of interest’ in buying the crisis-struck Championship club and they are likely to receive a formal ‘teaser document’ with the terms of sale by the end of the week.

Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United left Wayne Rooney’s side with minus two points after they were given a 12 point deduction for entering administration

Some potential bidders are UK-based, while there is ‘substantial’ interest from the USA and at least one bidder from continental Europe and Asia.

‘The likely timetable is interested parties will be contacted next week with the teaser document,’ administrator Andrew Hosking of restructuring firm Quantuma told the Mail on Sunday.

Prospective owners will then need to sign non-disclosure agreements and provide proof of funding of ‘at least several million pounds’ ahead of more substantive talks. 




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