Burnley may hand Manchester United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy a route again into administration as they search to switch Vincent Kompany after he was poached by Bayern Munich.
Van Nistelrooy has been out of labor for the previous 12 months after leaving PSV Eindhoven in the summertime of 2023, citing an absence of help. He had gained the Dutch Cup for the membership, whereas the majority of his squad then went on to beat Arne Slot’s Feyenoord to the Eredivisie title this previous season.
BBC Sport has reported that Burnley, who haven’t lacked ambition making Kompany their first-ever abroad supervisor, have held talks with Van Nistelrooy. There has additionally been contact with Frank Lampard and Scott Parker, each of whom have Premier League expertise however are out of labor, however Van Nistelrooy is rumoured to be near agreeing a “multi-year contract” at Turf Moor.
The 47-year-old former striker has beforehand managed Jong PSV, in addition to the membership’s Below-19 squad, interspersed with a few spells as an assistant within the Netherlands nationwide group setup.
Van Nistelrooy retired as a participant in 2012 after quick spells with Hamburg and Malaga. He first made his title within the late Nineteen Nineties with PSV, scoring 77 targets in 90 appearances, and was near becoming a member of Manchester United for £18.5m in the summertime of 2000 till harm considerations noticed the deal postponed and in the end cancelled. The very subsequent day, the striker suffered an ACL rupture.
However the deal was resurrected a 12 months later, resulting in Van Nistelrooy changing into one of many biggest goalscorers in Premier League historical past, and arguably an underrated determine in Outdated Trafford lore.
He netted twice on his Premier League debut in 2001 and went on to attain 36 instances throughout all competitions in his debut season, plundering an additional 44 in his second. Over 5 years, together with long-term harm through the 2004/05 marketing campaign, Van Nistelrooy averaged 30 targets per season in a United shirt, earlier than asking to leaving in 2006 and becoming a member of Actual Madrid.
In Spain, Van Nistelrooy was La Liga’s prime scorer straight off the bat in 2006/07 as Madrid gained the title, however a mixture of age and accidents noticed his objective numbers shortly tail off.
He performed at Turf Moor as soon as throughout his profession, beginning for Manchester United in a League Cup tie in December 2002. Diego Forlan and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who changed the Dutchman at half-time, scored the targets in a 2-0 win for Sir Alex Ferguson’s group.
