Legends in the dugout - when club heroes become bosses

Ruud van Nistelrooy entertained the Manchester United fans arsenic a subordinate - and did truthful again connected Wednesday erstwhile helium took complaint of his erstwhile broadside for the archetypal time.

With caller manager Ruben Amorim completing his determination to Old Trafford from Lisbon nine Sporting connected 11 November aft the sacking of Erik 10 Hag, Van Nistelrooy has 3 much matches arsenic interim United boss, opening with a location Premier League crippled against Chelsea connected Sunday (16:30 GMT kick-off).

Van Nistelrooy won the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup arsenic a United striker, scoring 150 goals successful 219 appearances betwixt 2001-06. He said helium wanted to springiness the fans a bully nighttime connected Wednesday - and did truthful arsenic helium masterminded a 5-2 triumph implicit Leicester successful the Carabao Cup.

The Dutchman follows successful the footsteps of erstwhile team-mates Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick, who some had spells arsenic impermanent United bosses, portion Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turned a palmy interim play into a adjacent three-year word successful charge.

BBC Sport has looked astatine however 5 different nine legends impacted their bequest by becoming manager.

Liverpool subordinate (1977-1990): 515 appearances, 172 goals

Liverpool manager (1985-1991, 2011-2012): 381 games, 222 wins, 95 draws, 64 losses

Kenny Dalglish is simply a Liverpool legend. He has a basal astatine Anfield named aft him and is regarded arsenic 1 of the champion - if not the champion - players successful the club's history.

After 8 palmy years arsenic a Liverpool player, helium became player-manager and past the manager earlier leaving successful February 1991, lone to instrumentality for a play and a fractional from 2011.

Josh Sexton from the Anfield Wrap, external said: "I'm excessively young to retrieve Kenny Dalglish's archetypal spell successful complaint of Liverpool done my ain eyes. However, I person been fortunate capable to beryllium regaled with tales by supporters who did get to witnesser his team, arsenic good arsenic having the pleasance of interviewing 'The King' himself astir it and the bequest helium near behind.

"Given however overmuch his archetypal exit came nether the unreality of the Hillsborough catastrophe and Kenny's ain downturn successful wellness surrounding that, it was specified a enactment of caller aerial to spot him backmost successful the dugout for that 2nd spell. It felt similar we had got our nine back.

"In the end, fans couldn't person expected excessively overmuch much from what was a beauteous mediocre Liverpool broadside helium inherited than to person reached 2 cupful finals and won 1 of them. He was and volition stay a nine fable successful the eyes of supporters for each the large enactment helium did connected and disconnected the tract during those 2 spells."

Everton subordinate (1994-1998, 2000-2006): 273 appearances, 72 goals

Everton interim manager (2019, 2022): 5 games, 1 win, 3 draws, 1 loss

Duncan Ferguson joined Everton from Rangers successful 1994-95, a play that ended with the Toffees winning the FA Cup. After a spell astatine Newcastle, helium returned to Goodison Park, staying with the nine until helium retired.

After the sacking of Marco Silva, Ferguson moved up from a coaching relation to interim manager and was past adjunct to Carlo Ancelotti, past Rafael Benitez earlier taking complaint of 1 much lucifer pursuing the Spaniard's dismissal.

Everton instrumentality Natalie Bargery said: "There has ever been a peculiar narration betwixt Duncan Ferguson and Evertonians. So erstwhile helium took complaint of Everton for the archetypal clip against Chelsea, it was an affectional day.

"I was excited but besides hopeless for him to succeed. Seeing him locomotion retired of the passageway for the archetypal clip brought a consciousness of anticipation and anticipation that I wouldn't person felt for conscionable immoderate manager, and helium gave america a memorable day. A 3-1 triumph against the odds, shot boys flung astir successful solemnisation and Dunc pumping his fist to the crowd, conscionable similar aged times.

"He stayed successful complaint for 4 games and did good but passim that clip I felt an added anxiousness that his bequest could beryllium spoiled. I volition retrieve that Chelsea lucifer everlastingly but I deliberation it whitethorn beryllium a blessing that helium ne'er took a imperishable managerial relation astatine the nine and has remained a nine legend."

Bournemouth subordinate (1994-2002, 2004-2007): 313 appearances, 15 goals

Bournemouth manager (2008-2011, 2012-2020): 458 matches, 194 wins, 95 draws, 169 losses

Centre-back Eddie Howe came done the ranks astatine Bournemouth and went connected to marque much than 300 appearances for the Cherries during 2 spells astatine the club.

With the nine successful fiscal occupation and successful information of slipping retired of the Football League, Howe became manager successful 2008, kept them up, past won promotion successful 2009-10. After a spell astatine Burnley, 2 much promotions followed arsenic Howe took Bournemouth into the apical formation for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Mark Mitchener, BBC Sport elder journalist, said: "Eddie Howe the subordinate was a assemblage favourite, but Eddie Howe the manager became a Bournemouth legend.

"Expectations were not precocious erstwhile helium took implicit arsenic caretaker brag connected New Year's Eve 2008. Arguably, the Cherries were astatine their all-time lowest ebb - 23rd successful League Two aft medication forced them to statesman the play connected minus 17 points.

"Manager Jimmy Quinn's tactics had alienated the fans portion Darren Anderton chose to discontinue alternatively than endure Quinn's man-management style. Off the tract it was nary better, with relegation and/or fiscal oblivion a realistic fear.

"From the outside, it looked similar younker manager Howe was an expedient appointment, idiosyncratic already connected the payroll who knew the nine well. The supporters knew him and were down him, knowing what a duff manus helium had been dealt.

"But helium not lone kept Bournemouth up, helium won promotion the adjacent play contempt a transportation embargo. He returned aft 18 months astatine Burnley to triumph 2 promotions successful 3 seasons to instrumentality the Cherries to the unthinkable heights of the Premier League lone six and a fractional years aft the nine was astatine death's doorway - and kept them determination for 5 seasons.

"The operation 'club legend' hardly does justness to him."

Chelsea subordinate (2001-2014): 648 appearances, 211 goals

Chelsea manager (2019-2021, 2023): 95 games, 45 wins, 19 draws, 31 losses

Frank Lampard joined Chelsea from West Ham successful 2001 for £11m and helped the Blues triumph the Champions League, the Europa League, 3 Premier League titles and the FA Cup 4 times.

He returned to the nine arsenic manager successful 2019 and took the nine to an FA Cup last successful his twelvemonth and a fractional successful complaint earlier a 2nd spell, this clip arsenic caretaker brag astatine the extremity of the 2022-23 campaign.

Will Faulks from Chelsea News, external said: "It's precise hard to measure Frank Lampard's 2 spells arsenic manager due to the fact that of the analyzable discourse of each. The archetypal clip helium took over, Eden Hazard had conscionable been sold and the nine had a transportation ban. Despite that, Lampard got his squad into the apical four, beating expectations.

"For galore fans, immoderate of the champion memories of caller years travel from that period. Watching young academy-produced players making up a large portion of the squad for the archetypal clip successful the lives of astir supporters was truly caller and exciting.

"Coming backmost for a 2nd spell was a atrocious determination connected Lampard's part, though 1 tin spot wherefore the owners thought it mightiness assistance arsenic a short-term patch. The concern was adjacent much hard then, arsenic helium dealt with the tricky play wherever fractional the squad was sharing a dressing country with the players bought to regenerate them.

"That awkward modulation has taken until precise precocious to complete, truthful it should beryllium nary astonishment that it was pugnacious to grip astatine its peak. He's inactive loved by Chelsea fans, and they mostly person a amended representation of his clip successful complaint than those extracurricular the nine mightiness think."

Newcastle subordinate (1996-2006): 405 appearances, 206 goals

Newcastle manager (2009): 8 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 5 losses

Alan Shearer joined Newcastle for a world-record £15m successful 1996 and implicit a 10-year play became the club's grounds goalscorer, with a statue of him present astatine St James' Park.

He made a daze instrumentality arsenic manager for the past 8 games of the 2008-09 season, with the nine successful the Premier League relegation zone. Newcastle won 1 of those matches, a 3-1 triumph implicit Middlesbrough, but it was not capable to support the nine successful the apical part and they were relegated.

BBC Sport's Joe Nelson said: "Newcastle fans volition look backmost astatine Alan Shearer's little tenure arsenic manager with a grade of sadness arsenic we were each hopeless for him to bash well.

"However, fans besides recognize the concern was difficult. The spell did not impact his bequest arsenic a nine large and erstwhile the owners moved his statue wrong the perimeter of the crushed - it had been placed extracurricular by erstwhile president Mike Ashley - fans rejoiced."

Charlotte Robson from the True Faith: Newcastle United Podcast, external added: "Shearer took implicit an already doomed Newcastle broadside successful 2009 for their last 8 games. His assignment came aft the sacking of Chris Hughton, which fans mostly considered unfair, and seemed acceptable up for failure.

"Shearer was incapable to halt the descent towards relegation and the squad fell from the Premier League for the archetypal of 2 occasions nether Mike Ashley. But Newcastle fans clasp nary contempt for Shearer, who took implicit successful highly hard circumstances with nary anterior acquisition successful management.

"He was persuaded to tackle the relation due to the fact that of his past with and emotion for the club. This is however Newcastle fans retrieve him and helium remains an icon connected Tyneside."