Championship side Middlesbrough have appointed Gordon Strachan as their new boss. The Scot was only out of work for six months after leaving Scottish side Celtic in the summer. He revealed he didn’t miss football during his time out of the game but admitted his love for the game will return once he has started his new position. Strachan is has also brought in his trusted right-hand man Garry Pendry but will also retain a lot of the current Boro staff.
“I don’t need to be here and I don’t have to be here, I’m here because I want to be here. When I left Celtic I said that it would be very difficult for me to retrace my steps in terms of jobs and enjoyment. He said.
“I felt it had to be something different. I never said to anyone that it had to be bigger or better, just something different.
“I will also have a chance here, I know who the chairman is, I know where the money comes from and I know you get time. The stability of the club is one of the reasons I thought I had the chance to develop things the way you would like, developing younger players and making better players better. So these things attracted me to the job.”
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