Wolfsburg hope to name their new coach this week with Steve
McClaren reportedly the preferred choice following his title
triumph in Holland.
The former England manager guided FC Twente to their first
ever Eredivisie title with a 2-0 success at NAC Breda yesterday.
Beating the likes of Ajax and PSV Eindhoven to the title has
seen McClaren's stock rise across Europe and reports in England and
Germany have linked him with a move to the Volkswagen Arena as a
successor to interim boss Lorenz-Gunther Kostner.
The Wolves were reportedly close to recruiting former
Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier only for the deal to fall through.
Wolfsburg general manager Dieter Hoeness told Kicker: "It is
planned that we will present the new man this week."
Hoeness insisted, though, they would not be rushed into
revealing his identity.
"If it's Friday, Saturday or Sunday, we don't care. Only when
everything is cleanly concluded will we make the name known," he
added in the Bild newspaper.
The Wolves, last year's Bundesliga champions, have endured a
disappointing season and can finish no higher than eighth, meaning
McClaren, who extended his contract in Enschede only last October,
would be sacrificing the chance of Champions League football were
he to join them.
They sacked Armin Veh, only appointed as coach last summer,
in January, and are likely to lose star striker Edin Dzeko this
summer.
McClaren's predecessor as Twente coach Fred Rutten left the
club for the Bundesliga, joining Schalke in 2008, only to be sacked
before the end of his first season.
Twente, though, will do all they can to keep hold of their
man.
"We hope he stays for a long time," chairman Joop Munsterman
said on Sky Sports News.
