By John Matthew Hall

As England supporters will be well aware, baffling displays from Steve McClaren are nothing new. However, the ex-England boss went a step further in a recent television interview in which he appeared to be speaking English with a Dutch accent.

The video of McClaren, who now manages in the Netherlands, was shot before his new side FC Twente faced Arsenal on Wednesday and has become a huge hit on YouTube.

Despite speculation that McClaren was deliberately speaking in a Dutch accent as a private joke, reports today suggest it was no prank and that it is schhimply how he now schhpeaks Englishhh.

Perhaps the recent changes to the nation's smoking regulations are getting to him.