ROTHERHAM United are today holding further talks with Steve McClaren as they seek to put a new set-up in place in their bid to bounce back from this season's League One relegation.

Chairman Tony Stewart is keen to see the former England head coach take an upstairs role at the club who have yet to appoint a manager following last weekend's departure of Lee Clark.

McClaren was at the Millers' Roundwood training complex this morning with vice-chairman Richard Stewart before meeting with chief operating officer Paul Douglas at AESSEAL New York Stadium.

He has previously met the with chairman who is away from the club and unavailable this week.

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Stewart Senior likes the idea of McClaren in an 'overseeing' position with a manager working under him.

It remains to be seen whether Clark will be offered the chance to return to the hot-seat following the expiry of his initial short-term deal.

He made an impression during his nine-match spell at the helm and was a trusted voice as Rotherham drew up the retained and released list that has just been announced.

Clark stated before he left that he would love to have the job on a full-time basis and had already made preparations for recruitment and pre-season training.

The Geordie said before his exit that he would have no problem working with McClaren whom he knows from 2006/2007 when he was coaching at Newcastle United and the England boss would visit the North-east to check on Magpies players.

If McClaren agrees to come to the Millers, he is likely to have an influence on whether Clark is kept on.

The 64-year-old former Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers boss has been friends with the chairman for a number of years and has expressed an interest himself in the New York hot-seat in the past.

He has been out of work since ending his time in charge of the Jamaican national team late last year.