Ruud Van Nistelrooy has revealed that he was disappointed that he could not continue as Manchester United’s assistant manager after the appointment of Ruben Amorim.
Nistelrooy was in charge of the Red Devils for three games following the dismissal of Eric Ten Hag, and the former United striker performed excellently well, winning two games and drawing one.
Despite his successful stint in charge, he eventually left the club as new manager Amorim arrived with his own set of coaching staff.
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Van Nistelrooy speaks on United departure
Nistelrooy who recently secured the managerial role at Leicester, was about his United departure at his first press conference as his new club.
He responded as quoted by the Athletic saying,
“The moment I took over the interim job what I said was, ‘I’m here to help United and to stay to help United’, and I meant it. So yeah, I was disappointed. Very much so. It hurt that I had to leave.
“The only job I would take as an assistant was at United because of the bond that I have with the people in the club and the fans. But in the end, I got my head around it because I also understood the new manager. I’ve been in football long enough, and I’ve managed myself, that you can think of a situation, me being there. I understand.
“I spoke to Ruben (Amorim) about it, fair enough to him, the conversation was grateful, man to man, person to person, manager to manager, and that helped a lot to move on and straightaway get into talks with new possibilities which of course lifted my spirits.”
Meanwhile, Van Nistelrooy will be in charge of his first game at Leicester this midweek as the Foxes welcome West Ham for the matchday 14 encounter.
