Former Manchester United ahead Ruud van Nistelrooy is in line to take the top coach function at Premier League strugglers Leicester Metropolis, sources have advised ESPN.
Talks between Leicester and Van Nistelrooy, who has additionally been linked with Hamburg, are ongoing however there may be rising positivity {that a} deal can be agreed for the Dutchman to succeed Steve Cooper on the King Energy Stadium.
Cooper was sacked on Sunday, a day after the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea which left Leicester sixteenth within the Premier League and only a level above the relegation locations.
Cooper solely lasted 15 video games within the function after changing Enzo Maresca in the summertime following the Italian’s departure to take cost at Chelsea.
Van Nistelrooy, who managed PSV Eindhoven for a yr between 2022 and 2023, loved a brief spell as United’s interim head coach following the dismissal of Erik ten Hag and the arrival of Ruben Amorim.
Coincidentally, two of Van Nistelrooy’s video games in cost have been towards Leicester. The primary was a 5-2 win within the Carabao Cup and the second was a 3-0 victory within the league. Leicester’s subsequent sport is towards Brentford on Saturday.
Van Nistelrooy spent 5 profitable seasons as a participant at Previous Trafford, scoring 150 targets in 219 video games. He returned to the membership in the summertime as assistant to Ten Hag together with Rene Hake following the departures of Mitchell van der Gaag and Benni McCarthy.
