'PSV had to do something, so they roll the dice on a club icon' – Inside Europe on Ruud van Nistelrooy

In case you missed it, on Wednesday evening Eredivise side PSV confirmed that club legend Ruud van Nistelrooy will take over as the new manager. Van Nistelrooy spent three seasons with PSV where he scored 77 goals in 90 games, lifting the league title twice before moving on to Manchester United. Ad/> The legendary forward returned to PSV at the end of his playing career to work on his coaching.

He has spent time with the U17s, U19s and B team, as well as being an assistant with the Dutch senior team. Eredivisie‘I have been working towards this moment for years’ — Van Nistelrooy to become PSV boss7 HOURS AGO Now he will step up to the senior team at the end of the season to replace Roger Schmidt, who will reportedly take over Benfica. World Cup 2022 draw — all your questions answered When is the World Cup draw? Who is in what pot? Who could England face? Barcelona Femini are the best football team in the world — The Warm-Up In order to find out more about the move to appoint Van Nistelrooy we got in touch with Kevin van Nunen from Eurosport Netherlands.

Has this always been the plan? As soon as Van Nistelrooy discovered that being back was fun and he was good at coaching at a lower level, it has been the plan to appoint him as PSV manager. When you look at the short term, maybe it’s a different story. The past couple of months Van Nistelrooy said ‘no’ twice when PSV approached him to become head coach.

Van Nistelrooy rejected an offer in December and again in January. But then there were some regrets and as PSV still didn’t have a new manager, the position was still vacant. /> Van Nistelrooy is backed by assistant Fred Rutten, who has a lot of experience as head coach, also at PSV.