Van Nistelrooy hopes to lead Manchester United in the future
Acting Manchester United head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy has shared his desire to one day manage the Red Devils.
"Would I like to be United’s head coach someday? Of course. I thought this through well when I made the decision to come to United as assistant coach, I thought that through. I knew that coming to Manchester United was for me a special occasion where I felt I wanted to be part of this journey with the club also in an assistant role. I had clear ambitions to manage, I made the decision to sign a two-year deal as an assistant and I'm still in that frame of mind to stay in that capacity.
I've enjoyed it, it gave a lot of energy, the reaction of the players was outstanding. I think also as an assistant you are quite close to players, the past three months I spent a lot of time with the players and got to know the players very well as human beings but also as football players, where they are in that development and how I can help. I think that relationship now is helping.
We are together and we want to achieve something together so that bond is there and that's why I feel very supported. That gives a lot of energy and support, lots of confidence and energy and so far so good.
I think the appetite to build further within this club is stronger than the other bit (to manage United). So for this moment, I made a deliberate decision to step into this role for two seasons and take it from there.
'And these four games haven't changed that sentiment and that's why I said from the beginning what my intentions were also after my interim job," van Nistelrooy told Daily Mail.
The 48-year-old, previously Erik ten Hag’s assistant, has been acting as interim head coach since Ten Hag’s departure. Ruben Amorim will take over as head coach on November 11.
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