Steve McClaren is being linked with a shock return to Manchester United.

The Guardian says McClaren is under consideration to be prospective manager Erik Ten Hag's assistant if he is appointed as their new man in the dugout for next season.

The pair know each other well with Ajax coach Ten Hag having been McClaren's assistant for the 2008-09 season at Dutch outfit Twente.

It was McClaren's first campaign within Dutch football and the potential role reversal at United would be Ten Hag's first foray within the English game too.

McClaren and Ten Hag worked successfully together during that sole season, with Twente finishing second in the Eredivisie. Ten Hag left that summer and McClaren steered the Dutch side to their only top-flight title that following term.

A move to Old Trafford would be McClaren's second spell at the club, having been legendary figure Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant between 1999 and 2001. The now 60-year-old's first campaign coincided with their iconic Treble-winning haul.