Ruud van Nistelrooy's first words as Leicester manager after Man Utd hero lands new job

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been appointed arsenic the caller manager of Leicester City conscionable weeks aft helium near Manchester United aft a palmy play arsenic interim boss

New Leicester City brag Ruud van Nistelrooy has expressed his 'pride and excitement' aft landing his archetypal occupation arsenic a full-time Premier League manager.

Van Nistelrooy, 48, precocious near Manchester United aft enjoying four games successful complaint of the Red Devils connected an interim ground and has instantly got himself backmost into enactment by taking implicit astatine Leicester, who sacked Steve Cooper this week. The Dutchman, whose lone antecedently managerial relation came with PSV Eindhoven for the 2022-23 season, returned to England past summer to beryllium portion of Erik 10 Hag's coaching unit astatine United.

Putting pen to insubstantial connected a two-and-a-half-year contract, Van Nistelrooy volition instrumentality complaint pursuing Sunday's Premier League travel to Brentford. Speaking aft Leicester's announcement connected Friday, the erstwhile United manager and striker declared: "I'm proud, I'm excited. Everybody that I talk to astir Leicester City Football Club is enthusiastic.

"They person large stories astir the prime of the radical moving astatine the club, the supporters and, of course, the caller past of the Club is impressive. I'm excited to commencement and to get to cognize everyone and springiness everything I tin for the Football Club."

Leicester president Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha added: "It is my pleasance to invited Ruud to Leicester City. He joins a Club with a affluent history, passionate supporters, and a talented squad, and we are each excited to spot the interaction helium tin person arsenic we embark connected this caller section together.

"Ruud's experience, knowledge, and winning mentality volition undoubtedly bring large worth to us, and we look guardant to supporting him successful achieving occurrence for our fans and our Club."

The Foxes volition beryllium led by first-team manager Ben Dawson arsenic good arsenic Danny Alcock and Andy Hughes for their crippled astatine Brentford. It's presently chartless whether Van Nistelrooy volition bring successful his ain coaching unit and instrumentality the aforesaid attack arsenic caller United brag Ruben Amorim.

That's what resulted successful Van Nistelrooy's departure from Old Trafford, 18 years aft helium archetypal walked distant arsenic a player. Upon leaving United earlier this month, the erstwhile Real Madrid striker wrote connected X: "To everyone astatine Manchester United Football Club, successful peculiar the backroom staff, the players and the fans.

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"I privation to convey you from the bottommost of my bosom for your unthinkable efforts and support. It has been a privilege and honour to correspond the nine arsenic a player, manager and manager, and I volition ever cherish the memories we person shared together.

"@ManUtd volition ever person a peculiar spot successful my heart, and I anticipation determination are galore much glory days astatine Old Trafford precise soon - not lone due to the fact that I privation the nine to bash well, but due to the fact that you each merit it! All the champion and instrumentality care, Ruud."

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