Nistelrooy Still Wants To Be Manchester United's Assistant Coach As Soon As He Comes

Ruud van Nistelrooy still wants to be an assistant manager at Manchester United once Ruben Amorim arrives (Instagram/@rvnistelrooij).

JAKARTA - Manchester United and Sporting CP have reached an agreement regarding the transfer of coach Ruben Amorim to replace Erik ten Hag who was expelled on Monday, October 28, 2024.

The 39-year-old coach is expected to start his first stint when the Red Devils visit Ipswich Town headquarters on November 24, 2024.

This means that the Manchester United matches will still be led by Ruud van Nistelrooy from the departure of Ten Hag until the international break later.

Nistelrooy has only had one match at the Carabao Cup (British League Cup) when silencing Leicester City 5-2.

The next 48-year coach will cross the team in the next three matches before handing over the manager's seat to Amorim, namely against Chelsea (3/11/2024), PAOK in the Europa League (8/11/2024), and Leicester (10/11/2024).

Although only given the opportunity in the next three matches, Nistelrooy did not want to leave Old Trafford after the arrival of the atmosphere.

He is willing to return to the position of assistant manager if he is willing.

"I decided to come back here for a very important reason. I am here as an assistant."

"I came here to help the club move forward. I'm still very motivated to do so in any capacity."

"As an assistant and now as an interim, after that I returned to my assistant's contract."

"I am very motivated to stay here and help the club move forward," he said at a press conference on Thursday, October 31, 2024, local time.

Nistelrooy was predicted by supporters to be permanent by management as manager after bringing Manchester United to a brilliant performance against Leicester.

However, it seems that the former Dutch national team striker prefers to gain experience as an assistant at a big club like Manchester United.

You see, in terms of experience, Nistelrooy only became the first team manager when he headed PSV Einhoven in the 2022/2023 season after holding Jong PSV.

Currently, Nistelrooy is only focused on the three matches entrusted to him. He promised to work hard to improve the position of the Red Devils in the 2024/2025 Premier League standings.

Currently Manchester United are thrown into 14th position in the standings with only 11 points from nine matches that have been played.