in august 2019 mcclean and his co-presenter nigel clucas were fired from their role as podcast presenters and match day entertainers at football club manchester city fc. in the podcast mcclean and clucas made remarks in a stereotypically chinese accent based on a fictitious character - 'mr wong' - in a skit regarding city's late arrival in china for their pre-season tour. the football club released a statement saying, ""a decision has been made that they will no longer be retained by the club. the club has a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination of any kind and strongly condemns behaviour of this nature."