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title: "McClaren eyes Douglas reunion"
canonical: "https://readnewcastle.com/2015/07/15/mcclaren-eyes-douglas-reunion/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2015-07-15T21:10:20Z"
modified: "2015-07-15T21:31:49Z"
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# McClaren eyes Douglas reunion

Steve McClaren is hoping he can be persuasive enough to lure Dynamo Moscow defender Douglas to Newcastle, reports the Daily Mail.

The Brazil-born centre-back worked with McClaren at FC Twente before he joined the Russian side on a free transfer in the summer of 2013.

Newcastle could have their centre-back options heavily depleted this summer [as two first-teamers could be leaving](https://readnewcastle.com/2015/07/12/defensive-duo-heading-for-exit-door/), and want to act fast to replace them.

The Toon infamously saw a deal to sign the 27-year-old fall through at the last minute back in the 2013, as then newly-appointed Director of Football Joe Kinnear pulled the plug.

Claiming he had ‘never heard of the defender’ who has just earned a call-up to the Dutch national squad having successfully applied for citizenship, and scrapped the deal after the player agreed terms to a Bosman transfer.

Then Managing Director Derek Llambias quit the club having spent months lining up a move for Douglas, only to see it be worth nothing.

A return to English football would be in the player’s interests as he looks to return to the Dutch international set-up following a three-year absence, and has been overlooked since a move to Russia.