Wolfsburg appoint McClaren coach

German side VfL Wolfsburg have appointed former England manager Steve McLaren coach, German Press Agency dpa learned Tuesday.

McLaren, who has just led FC Twente to the club's first Dutch league title, has agreed a two-year contract with the 2009 Bundesliga champions, sources told dpa.

McLaren, 49, succeeds interim coach Lorenz-Guenther Köstner, who has been in charge at Wolfsburg since the dismissal in January of Armin Veh.