Ruud van Nistelrooy offers his first sit down interview as new Leicester supervisor
Ruud van Nistelrooy offers his first sit down interview as new Leicester supervisor

Ruud van Nistelrooy offers his first sit down interview as new Leicester supervisor, simply two weeks after leaving Man Utd.

He turns into Leicester’s fourth supervisor in 19 months, coming in to exchange Steve Cooper, who was sacked final weekend after simply 12 Premier League matches in cost.

Leicester presently sit sixteenth within the desk with 10 factors kind these 12 video games performed, only a level above the drop zone, and get set to face Brentford this weekend.

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We’re delighted to substantiate the appointment of Ruud van Nistelrooy as Leicester Metropolis’s new First Staff Supervisor.

The 48-year-old Dutchman joins us with a wealth of expertise on the highest stage of the sport, each as a participant and a coach, and has agreed phrases on a contract to June 2027.

Ruud will arrive within the UK in time to be in attendance for our Premier League journey to Brentford on Saturday, earlier than assuming full First Staff tasks from Sunday.

Metropolis can be led on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium by First Staff Coach Ben Dawson, supported by coaches Danny Alcock and Andy Hughes. Thought to be one of many Premier League’s best-ever strikers as a participant, the previous Netherlands worldwide has since constructed a rising repute as a proficient supervisor and coach with the likes of PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and the Dutch nationwide group.

Leicester Metropolis Chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, mentioned: “It’s my pleasure to welcome Ruud to Leicester Metropolis. He joins a Membership with a wealthy historical past, passionate supporters, and a proficient squad, and we’re all excited to see the impression he can have as we embark on this new chapter collectively. Ruud’s expertise, information, and successful mentality will undoubtedly carry nice worth to us, and we stay up for supporting him in reaching success for our followers and our Membership.”

Chatting with LCFC.com, van Nistelrooy added: “I’m proud, I’m excited. Everyone that I converse to about Leicester Metropolis Soccer Membership is enthusiastic. They’ve nice tales in regards to the high quality of the folks working on the Membership, the supporters and, after all, the latest historical past of the Membership is spectacular. I’m excited to start out and to get to know everybody and provides all the pieces I can for the Soccer Membership.”
Our new supervisor loved a extremely adorned and illustrious taking part in profession, that includes for the likes of PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, and Actual Madrid. He scored 349 targets at membership stage in addition to an extra 35 targets in 70 appearances for the Netherlands on the worldwide stage.

A prolific striker, he was famend for his sharp instincts, technical ability and management on and off the pitch. These are qualities that he has carried into his managerial profession, having most just lately served as Interim Supervisor at Manchester United, the place he oversaw three victories and a draw earlier this season after being appointed assistant to Erik Ten Haag in the summertime.

Ruud has additionally frolicked as Head Coach of PSV Eindhoven, the place he loved success as a participant. Ruud took cost of the group in the summertime of 2022 and shortly guided them to silverware within the type of the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Protect.

His spectacular teaching and managerial schooling at PSV started in 2013, together with his time on the Membership additionally seeing him take cost of PSV Beneath-19s for 3 seasons, in addition to spending a 12 months managing Jong PSV at skilled stage within the Dutch second tier.

Van Nistelrooy’s teaching profession has additionally seen him achieve helpful expertise as Assistant Coach for the Netherlands nationwide group underneath Guus Hiddink, whereas as a participant, he has labored underneath the administration of the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson and Fabio Capello.

He’ll take cost of the Foxes for the primary time on Tuesday, when West Ham United go to King Energy Stadium within the Premier League.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is able to embrace the ‘huge accountability’ of turning into Leicester Metropolis’s new Supervisor – outlining how establishing robust bonds with everybody related to the Membership is amongst his early ambitions.

The legendary former Manchester United, Actual Madrid and Netherlands striker has agreed to affix the Foxes, after briefly taking caretaker cost at Outdated Trafford earlier this season. Closely related to Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven as nicely, van Nistelrooy lifted two main trophies at his native membership throughout a managerial stint earlier this decade, constructing his teaching acumen after a glittering taking part in profession.

Now the person entrusted to assist Metropolis settle again within the Premier League, the Membership’s historical past – one in all a choose few to have received each main honour in English soccer – is one thing which excites the 48-year-old. Naturally, the main target can be on the right here and now, and van Nistelrooy has been impressed by his evaluation of the squad earlier than accepting the position, additionally pointing to the constructions which exist at King Energy Stadium.

“I’m proud, I’m excited,” he mentioned, talking from his residence in Eindhoven this week. “Everyone that I converse to about Leicester Metropolis Soccer Membership is enthusiastic, has nice tales in regards to the high quality of the folks working on the Membership, the supporters, additionally after all, the latest historical past of the Membership is spectacular. I’m useless excited to start out and to get to know everybody and provides all the pieces I can for the Soccer Membership.
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“It’s additionally one thing I hear so much about. I can’t wait to search out that out, to be a part of the Membership, in a supervisor position, which is an enormous accountability. I take it very critically. Additionally, attending to know everyone, the neighborhood and the supporters, I can solely think about what it means to them. I need to really feel it. I need to get began and get to know everyone and take time to spend money on the connection with all the opposite departments and neighborhood of the Soccer Membership. That may make us a extremely robust motion to go ahead and get outcomes.

“In fact, if you’re in soccer a very long time, you realize so many individuals and that’s why I mentioned in regards to the tales in regards to the Membership and its folks and its supporters. That’s at all times constructive. It’s a secure membership, you may see throughout the management constructions that it’s all good and organised and with an concept. Additionally, the squad, after all, is thrilling with younger rising skills, additionally skilled gamers… combination. I can’t wait to get on the pitch and begin with them.”

Van Nistelrooy was on the successful aspect over Leicester twice throughout his unbeaten four-game spell answerable for Man Utd this autumn. That allowed him to evaluate the squad as a part of the Pink Devils’ match preparation – and he noticed so much to be enthused about. He believes he can ‘plug in’ to the Membership’s tradition simply based mostly on that analysis.

“I feel the depth of the squad is excellent as nicely,” he added. “There are two gamers in each place of excellent high quality. There’s younger, rising skills, with very skilled gamers and, clearly, the captain, Jamie Vardy, has probably the most expertise and the character. He’s the face of the Soccer Membership. As a former striker, I can’t wait to work along with him as nicely.

“Getting ready these two video games in opposition to Leicester, that’s the place you get to review the opponent, and their qualities – and in addition the place you may damage them. In fact, that gave a broader image of the squad and the group, and the behaviours of the gamers. After that, the curiosity was proven, and I began to look even additional into the video games and trying to enhance. The place can we enhance and the place do now we have to enhance to stabilise, to start out rising, to start out accumulating extra factors? That’s what I did, and I belief the squad that we will handle that.

“Quite a lot of ideas and constructions that I see, on the ball and off the ball, are constructions that I take advantage of so much myself because the PSV supervisor and at United. Not all of them, after all, however lots of them. The way in which Leicester Metropolis performed underneath [Enzo] Maresca, successful the Championship and going into the Premier League, I see additionally that line persevering with in these constructions and the concept of taking part in.

“I can plug into that. I relate to these constructions and means of taking part in. Taking part in out from the again once we can, going ahead within the assault and taking part in ahead, and creating probabilities is, after all, the principle purpose when the opponent lets you. Clearly, it’s a must to see how the defensive constructions are. I can plug in there and take some new concepts, however framework is there, after which it’s about getting higher… going to the coaching pitch and enhancing altogether and translating it into factors.

“Typically it will likely be in opposition to an opponent that’s higher, however it’s a must to discover a solution to win any sport. Typically you should be extra defensive and play on the counter-attack. In fact, when you have got it, you play, and in different [games], you attempt to dominate and make the sport your self. We’ll strategy each sport with one concept – and that’s to win.”

Ex-Metropolis Supervisor Enzo Maresca, now at Chelsea, is a determine who van Nistelrooy consulted throughout his deliberations, as soon as the curiosity turned obvious. A glowing endorsement of the Membership from the Italian helped inform his determination.

He defined: “I’ve to say, when the curiosity got here, the primary one I referred to as was Enzo. He was so constructive about it. He completely liked his time. Once you hear these items, it’s a membership you need to be part of. Clearly, with the curiosity coming, I phoned him and I requested him extra detailed questions in regards to the Membership, the constructions, the folks that work there, the squad, the stadium, the followers, the city, the environment… it was a unbelievable dialog. It’s at all times a pleasure to speak to him.”

Whereas First Staff Coach Ben Dawson will oversee Saturday’s Premier League journey to Brentford, van Nistelrooy will take his seat within the dugout first for a double-header of residence matches subsequent week. West Ham United go to the East Midlands on Tuesday, earlier than a Sunday encounter with Brighton & Hove Albion. Being able to embrace a brand new problem, and bringing the followers alongside too, is on the forefront of his thoughts.

“I’m trying ahead to that,” the brand new Foxes boss mentioned. “The preparation can be brief for the West Ham sport, however we’ll get to know one another and get our concentrate on the West Ham sport at residence. It’s a brand new begin and one thing to stay up for. When the connection is made at King Energy Stadium, then we’ll know what can occur there. You begin to play with 11 and then you definately go to 12, you get the additional bit there, and it’s one thing which is important on this interval for the Soccer Membership.”

Twitter customers reacted as Ruud van Nistelrooy offers his first sit down interview as new Leicester supervisor…

@rudfoxes0205: I undoubtedly count on the LCFC gamers to up their sport & efficiency in opposition to Brentford as we speak with RVN within the stands. Contemporary begin once more for all of the gamers. Brentford haven’t overwhelmed LCFC since 1953, I might take a degree as we speak to be truthful as Brentford are flying at residence #LCFC @LCFC

@jayjay_allen: Robust gig as we speak you’d think about. An ‘umph’ to the efficiency, you’d hope. A degree you’d completely take. Be fascinating to see the mentality with RvN within the stands. Highlight on the gamers now… #lcfc 🦊

@ThrobertLCFC: The aura, the information, the ability. This lovely bastard goes to make Leicester Metropolis nice once more! My gaffa @RvN1776 #lcfc

@SweeneySean_: Trying ahead RVN being in cost. I feel nearly all of the fan base is joyful & will get behind him. Disillusioned it took so lengthy, even only a day with him as we speak on the coaching floor, New supervisor bounce tomorrow vs Brentford. Then at residence to West Ham Tuesday #LCFC 🦊🏆

@haglobalmd: I can’t bear in mind the final time I used to be this excited a couple of new supervisor turning into a 🦊.

@lcfc_b: Anybody anxious about Brentford’s residence file, it’s good however take a look at the groups they’ve performed. All within the backside 15 of the prem at residence. We now have each probability to go and win this sport. #LCFC

@hursty16: Anticipating ‘a little bit of umph’ from the gamers tomorrow hoping to impress the brand new boss. Don’t assume Ruud will settle for performances like we’ve seen in latest weeks and he comes over as somebody the gamers won’t need to get on the incorrect aspect of!! We are going to see. #lcfc 💙🦊

@NewYorkFoxes: You’ve your work lower out for you, @RvN1776, however we will’t wait to see what you are able to do with our squad and how one can carry the joy again to Leicester Metropolis. Good luck, Ruud, we’re already buzzing! #lcfc #usfoxes

@LcfcLoch: First time in a very long time ive began feeling that buzz and pleasure, gotta get behind him and belief the method Ruuds blue military 🦊🦊

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