Ruud van Nistelrooy has lasted little or nothing without a team. He has not lacked ‘girlfriends’ since his ‘interim’ at Manchester United ended between the departure of Ten Hag and the arrival of Amorim.
Burnley and Hamburg knocked on his ‘door’, but, finally, as announced by the ‘Daily Telegraph’, he will coach Leicester. The former Real Madrid and Málaga forward, among others, would have prevailed in the final casting to replace the dismissed Steve Cooper, the Spanish Carlos Corberán and the Englishman Graham Potter.
The Dutchman, 48, is free after leaving United. Curiously, in the four games he led the ‘red devils’ -he finished undefeated-, he achieved two victories… against Leicester: 5-2 in the League Cup and 3-0 in the Premier.
This weekend, if his signing becomes official, he will debut with the ‘foxes’ visiting Brentford. It’s not easy for him. Leicester, recently promoted, is sixteenth in the League, two points above relegation.
It would be Van Nistelrooy’s third experience on the elite benches. It is worth remembering that he already led PSV in 2022-23, winning the Dutch Cup and Super Cup.