Ian Cathro is excited to be joining Steve McClaren's coaching staff at Newcastle United.

The Scot has left Valencia to join McClaren on Tyneside.

"It's a forward step to a different type of football. Not stronger or weaker, different," he told BBC Sport.

"I wanted a fresh challenge and didn't want to just sit it out over there and wait for the right manager's job to come up.

"To come into British football as a manager with no experience of working with English-speaking players is perhaps not advisable anyway so this makes perfect sense.

"I'm convinced that it's a club willing to grow and would be comfortable higher in the league. It's now ready to do that."