Ruud Van Nistelrooy left devastated by Man Utd exit after rejecting jobs to take role

Ruud van Nistelrooy was hopeless to stay astatine Manchester United anterior to being told helium wouldn't beryllium required nether the caller authorities arsenic helium present eyes a occupation successful England

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been near devastated by his departure from Manchester United.

Van Nistelrooy was hoping to beryllium fixed a coaching relation nether caller United brag Ruben Amorim aft returning to Old Trafford arsenic portion of Erik 10 Hag’s backroom unit successful the summertime - but the Portuguese decided determination was nary spot for the Dutchman aft opting to bring his ain trusted squad with him from Sporting Lisbon.

Van Nistelrooy, the erstwhile United striker who was unbeaten successful 4 games arsenic interim manager pursuing Ten Hag’s sacking past month, has opted to support his counsel implicit Amorim’s decision.

But erstwhile Blackburn and Holland defender Andre Ooijer, who is simply a adjacent person of Van Nistelrooy and was portion of his coaching squad erstwhile helium was successful complaint astatine PSV Eindhoven, has revealed that his mate is gutted.

Ooijer said: “Ruud wanted to enactment arsenic assistant. He would person said thing if helium wasn’t funny successful moving with Amorim. Ruud has had the accidental to beryllium manager oregon caput manager astatine different clubs, but helium deliberately did not instrumentality those jobs due to the fact that helium wanted to enactment astatine the nine helium loves most.

“Don’t hide Ruud did truly good astatine United, a gully against Chelsea and victories successful the different 3 matches. You could archer the fans liked him truthful much. You lone had to ticker however they reacted to him aft his past match. He did truthful good nether hard circumstances. He has stayed unbeaten arsenic a manager. If Amorim does not get the close results successful the archetypal fewer games, the assemblage could commencement calling again for Ruud.”

Van Nistelrooy near PSV aft a palmy twelvemonth successful complaint which saw the Eredivisie nine suffice for the Champions League and triumph some the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield. He was connected the verge of becoming Burnley brag successful the summertime erstwhile United offered him the accidental to enactment alongside Ten Hag.

Sources adjacent to the 48-year-old person confirmed that helium has present acceptable his sights connected landing a occupation successful the Premier League aft his stint astatine Old Trafford - and erstwhile planetary team-mate Wesley Sneijder is convinced that Van Nistelrooy is destined to instrumentality to Old Trafford arsenic manager astatine immoderate stage.

Sneijder said: “If United are clever - and I americium definite that this is what they are doing - they volition get Ruud acceptable to instrumentality implicit successful 2 oregon 3 years.”

Another ex-team-mate, ex-Tottenham playmaker Rafael van der Vaart, added: “When Ten Hag was sacked, Ruud was reasoning ‘I indispensable instrumentality this accidental and if I bash well, thing tin enactment retired for me.’ The nine person decided to spell a antithetic way, but that does not spoil it each for him.

“Ruud’s infinitesimal volition come. The occupation truly suits him. Ruud is the king astatine Old Trafford. Everyone loves him due to the fact that helium is simply a legend. He perfectly loves the nine and the nine loves him.”

Van Nistelrooy reached retired to his erstwhile Holland manager Marco van Basten for proposal erstwhile helium accepted the connection to measurement successful pursuing Ten Hag’s departure aft a mediocre commencement to the season.

Van Basten said: “Man United is specified a monolithic job, you request to person each the acquisition and qualities arsenic a apical manager. There are 4 clubs successful the world which necessitate managers with the quality to instrumentality attraction of each portion of the club: Manchester City, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United.

“Of those four, United is the astir complicated. Even the biggest names person not been capable to crook things around, similar Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho. Nothing has changed.”

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