Urgent:Ruud van Nistelrooy Rushed to the hospital in a critical condition
A little over two weeks after leaving Old Trafford, Ruud van Nistelrooy is back in business. The Dutchman has been announced as the new Leicester manager, 18 days after completing an interim stint as Manchester United’s head coach and five days after the Foxes sacked Steve Cooper.
Leicester fans and players have already seen plenty of Van Nistelrooy this season. Two of his four games in charge at Old Trafford were against the Foxes – a 5-2 Carabao Cup win and 3-0 victory in the Premier League. The 48-year-old led United between the departure of Erik ten Hag at the end of October and the arrival of new boss Ruben Amorim on 10 November.
He had only rejoined United as an assistant coach in July on a two-year deal, but wasn’t given a backroom role under Amorim, and now resumes his fledgling managerial career at 16th-placed Leicester. They have swapped the experience of Cooper for a manager who has only led at senior level for one season at PSV.
United bought former Netherlands striker Van Nistelrooy for £19m from PSV Eindhoven in 2001 and he scored 150 times in 219 games before he was sold to Real Madrid in 2006. Ex-United coach Rene Meulensteen remembers a player “determined to succeed” who was “always looking for an edge” over opponents. Meulensteen was overseeing United’s reserves in 2005 when, after successful one-on-one work with the Red Devils’ Uruguay forward Diego Forlan, he was sought out by Van Nistelrooy
