Charnley must have put a lot of stock in how McClaren performed with FC Twente, pipping teams such as PSV, Ajax, Feyenoord and AZ to the Dutch title with Tiote watching from the bench.
He did well at Middlesbrough by all accounts but has had little if no success anywhere else he's managed.
Definitely a gambler's punt if there ever was one tbh, I don't agree with the reasoning but I can understand it.
Being cheap and clearly a soft touch would be the main reasons we picked him. Christ just look at how this week has gone, any normal man would come out and stick up for himself either to media or at the very least to the club.
I don't disagree at all, was trying to think of the footballing reasons, if any.