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Manchester United legend Robin van Persie is near agreeing a deal to change into the brand new supervisor of Eredivisie facet Heerenveen.
The Dutchman left the Crimson Devils in 2015 after three years and enjoying an instrumental function within the membership’s final Premier League title in 2013, the place he scored 30 objectives in all competitions.
Van Persie returned to his former facet, Feyenoord, as a participant in 2019 after which, the next yr, joined the teaching crew to be an assistant to Dick Advocaat.
The 40 yr previous has loved success as co-head coach of the underneath 18 and underneath 19 groups in Rotterdam. Nonetheless, he’s poised to go away the membership as soon as extra to take his first step into administration.
It was relayed right here that the Dutchman was in talks with Heerenveen to be their new boss and it seems that such discussions have been fruitful. Dutch newspaper AD report that “Robin van Persie is near his first teaching job within the Dutch Premier League”.
“Heerenveen is approaching an settlement with the previous striker and are hopeful of presenting Robin van Persie as the brand new head coach within the close to future. The membership administration of the Frisians and the 40-year-old all-time high scorer of the Dutch crew have now had a number of discussions with one another and each events want to attain an settlement quickly”.
“Feyenoord wished to maintain Van Persie and hoped that as a youth coach he would wish to make the step from Feyenoord underneath 18 years to the underneath 21 crew, however the former participant of Feyenoord, Arsenal, Manchester United and Fenerbahçe didn’t settle for Feyenoord’s provide”.
The Eredivisie facet are at present tenth within the desk, the place Van Persie might be hoping to assist the crew launch an assault on European spots within the coming seasons.
Van Persie rejected the possibility to change into a part of Erik ten Hag’s backroom employees when the Dutchman give up Ajax in the summertime of 2022, as he wished to proceed slicing his enamel at Feyenoord’s youth system.
The Dutchman was a fearsome striker, so there may be most likely no shock in how he units his groups up.
Talking on his tactical method he claimed, “I would like my crew to be actually attacking as a result of then you could have the very best likelihood of profitable. However each coach has to throw his personal sauce over his crew’s attacking soccer – and that’s what I’m doing”.
Will probably be fascinating to see how he could make the massive leap from youth soccer to the senior sport.
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