As a European and Premiership double beckons, Mick Cleary finds out from stalwarts Chris Wyles, Schalk Brits and Charlie Hodgson why the club is special.

Mick Cleary Why did you come to Saracens?

Chris Wyles Eddie Jones signed me in the wake of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. I had an option to go to either Wasps or Saracens but when Eddie showed an interest it was a no-brainer because of his reputation.

MC Charlie, you were a Sale boy through and through. What was it for you?

Schalk Brits Money, got to be money with Charlie?

Charlie Hodgson No, surprisingly not. I didn’t want to finish my career wondering ‘What if?’ I spoke to [former Sale half-back partner] Richard Wigglesworth, who had been here a year. He had only good things to say. If you’d asked me 10 years earlier, the way the old Saracens were, I’d have said: ‘No chance’. But the way things had moved on, their ambition, that swung it. So, to hell with it, give it a go.