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Erik ten Hag’s determination to depart Ajax to take over the helm at Manchester United has hit the Dutch giants more durable than many anticipated.
The Amsterdam-based membership, which gained three league titles—together with two on the bounce—underneath Ten Hag, has discovered itself on the tails of Feyenoord and PSV. The latter, particularly, has emerged because the dominant pressure in Dutch soccer in latest instances.
After lifting the Johan Cruyff Defend and the Dutch Cup final season, PSV are cruising to this marketing campaign’s league title.
The Eindhoven outfit are 10 factors away from second-placed Feyenoord, having misplaced zero video games in 2023/24’s Eredivisie.
The facet is at the moment led by ex-Ajax boss, Peter Bosz, but it surely gained’t be far-fetched to say that it was Ruud van Nistelrooy who laid the foundations for his or her unimaginable run.
The previous Man United striker instilled an attacking model of play within the PSV workforce and set them for future success by including academy skills like Johan Bakayoko into the first-team fold.
Nonetheless, simply earlier than the tip of the final time period, Van Nistelrooy determined to chop ties with PSV, allegedly on account of a scarcity of administration assist.
Regardless, distinguished soccer minds within the nation nonetheless acknowledge his good work on the Philips Stadion.
Former Tottenham Hotspur star Rafael van der Vaart, who shared the Netherlands dressing room with Van Nistelrooy, has tipped his ex-teammate to guide Ajax amid their regarding kind.
“I’ve spoken to individuals. And it appears that evidently Van Nistelrooy is de facto an excellent coach,” Van der Vaart informed Studio Voetbal.
“Nicely, let’s have Van Nistelrooy then. I need a large title to return to Ajax.”
The four-time Champions League winners are languishing in fourth place within the league, having mustered only one win of their final 5 outings.
Interim head coach John van ‘t Schip has finished comparatively higher than Maurice Steijn, however he’s clearly not a super match to guide the membership again to Dutch soccer’s summit.
