Ruud van Nistelrooy has expressed his motivation to help Manchester United’s bid to turn their season around, ahead of their big clash against Chelsea on Sunday.
The 48-year-old has been handed temporary duties in the Old Trafford dugout, following the sacking of Erik ten Hag after a poor start to the season which saw the Red Devils in 14th place in the Premier League
The Dutchman oversaw a resounding 5-2 win against Leicester City in the League Cup on Wednesday — even as talks continue over the potential arrival of Sporting CP head coach Ruben Amorim.
Van Nistelrooy, who returned to the club as the assistant manager to Ten Hag as part of the reshuffling of staff in the summer, looks set to now be in charge until the November international break until the deal with Amorim is finalised.
“As an assistant, I came here to help the club forward, and I’m still very motivated to do so in any capacity as an assistant and now as an interim manager, and after that I go back to my assistant contract that I have here for this season and next,” he told a pre-match press conference on Thursday.
“I’m very motivated to stay here and help the club forward. That’s my absolute goal.”
Amorim, if his appointment is confirmed, is reported to likely bring in his own staff.
Quizzed if it is his expectation that he will remain as an assistant under the new United boss Van Nistelrooy, a former PSV Eindhoven manager, responded: “We will see but it’s a contract situation that I’m in, and my desire to help the club forward.
“So I can speak to you about my side of this story, and after that, when the new situation is occurring, when the new manager is signing and conversations take place, we have to see how things develop.”
