Ruud van Nistelrooy sends clear message to Ruben Amorim ahead of Man Utd FA Cup reunion

Manchester United instrumentality connected Leicester successful the 4th circular of the FA Cup astatine Old Trafford connected Friday with Ruud van Nistelrooy aiming to bushed his erstwhile broadside for the archetypal clip since leaving

Ruud van Nistelrooy claims helium knows the Manchester United squad “inside out” arsenic helium aims to proceed his erstwhile club’s woes.

The Dutchman takes his struggling Leicester broadside to Old Trafford connected Friday nighttime for a FA Cup 4th circular clash. It represents the legendary ex-striker’s archetypal instrumentality to Old Trafford since an interim spell successful complaint earlier this play pursuing a coaching role.

Van Nistelrooy was appointed arsenic a manager by Erik 10 Hag past summertime before taking the managerial reins pursuing his sacking and led United to 3 wins from his 4 games successful charge. Two of those victories ironically came against his existent broadside Leicester successful some the Carabao Cup and Premier League.

And helium believes that acquisition with the Red Devils has fixed him a heavy knowing of their strengths and weaknesses. Speaking successful his pre-match property conference, helium said: “I’m gladsome I don’t person to analyse the Manchester United squad, I’ll permission that to Ruben [Amorim]. We person prepared for them and I cognize the squad wrong out.”

Speaking astir his instrumentality to Old Trafford, Van Nistelrooy is relishing the accidental contempt present being successful the opposing dugout. He added: “It’s peculiar to spell backmost there.

“I person past arsenic a player, arsenic an assistant, arsenic a caretaker. My absorption is connected my players and my team, to get the champion retired of them and to amusement what we’re about, successful the combat and successful the spirit.”

Ahead of his instrumentality to United, Van Nistelrooy finds himself nether immense pressure. He has overseen 12 games successful each competitions since replacing Steve Cooper successful the East Midlands and has mislaid eight.

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Despite the clouds seemingly lifting with a triumph against Tottenham, Leicester past slumped to a 4-0 humbling against Everton - a effect that leaves them heavy successful relegation trouble. And Van Nistelrooy is determined to get his broadside backmost connected way alternatively of focusing connected his United return.

He said: “We person our ain issues. We person to look astatine us. I don’t judge successful sequences. You tin ever triumph a crippled aft you’ve mislaid a couple. We privation to correspond ourselves successful the champion mode possible.”

Van Nistelrooy added: “It’s ever invited [an FA Cup game]. We person clip capable to retrieve and hole the game. We volition bash our each to beryllium astatine our best. It’s ne'er a distraction. To beryllium successful this contention is simply a privilege. It’s a imagination for each subordinate to play determination astatine Manchester United.”

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