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Published 12:02 10 May 2017 BST
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After Gerard Houllier left Villa Park, chairman Randy Lerner was interested in making McClaren the Frenchman's successor.
An interview was set up but, unfortunately, McClaren never even made the meeting as fans protesting his potential appointment forced Lerner to call the whole thing off.
The former England manager revealed his unpleasant history with supporter message boards during an interview on BBC 5 Live on Wednesday morning.
"I was going for the job just after I came back from Holland, the supporters got wind of it on the boards or something," McClaren said.
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"There was a big protest about it just as I was about to take a train to Villa.
"I got a call saying there were too many anti-McClaren messages and not to bother getting on the train.
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