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New Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy says helium was "astonished" by the magnitude of involvement successful him aft his little spell arsenic Manchester United boss.
The erstwhile Netherlands striker replaced Steve Cooper connected Friday on a woody until 2027, but said helium could person gone elsewhere.
He was successful interim complaint for 4 games astatine Old Trafford, pursuing the sacking of Erik 10 Hag, earlier leaving erstwhile Ruben Amorim was appointed past month.
Leicester moved rapidly to bring the 48-year-old to King Power Stadium, and Van Nistelrooy confirmed helium had options.
"I person to accidental determination were offers determination and possibilities. It's bully to person them and look and beryllium captious connected wherever you're going to work," said the Dutchman.
"What happened aft the games and the magnitude of interest, the options that each of a abrupt were determination for maine and the options that came along, I was a small spot astonished.
"I went into conversations with Leicester due to the fact that I thought, having spoken to different people, it was a large accidental to get to cognize each other.
"It was a bully feeling and successful the extremity some parties felt it. That was a bully crushed to commencement moving together."
Van Nistelrooy was successful complaint astatine PSV Eindhoven successful 2022-23, winning the Dutch Cup and finishing 2nd successful the Eredivisie, portion helium has besides gained acquisition coaching the Netherlands and PSV Under-19s.
"It was 4 games [at United] and I managed a afloat play astatine PSV, was capable to triumph the cupful and the foundation shield. I person been successful coaching, successful the 19s and the nationalist [team] and it ne'er got this absorption from the shot world," helium added.
"It provoked these reactions - and I was lone blessed with that."
He takes implicit with Leicester 16th successful the Premier League, a constituent supra the bottommost three, earlier Tuesday's visit of West Ham (20:15 GMT).
Van Nistelrooy watched Saturday's 4-1 decision astatine Brentford from the stands and is already wide of the people this season.
He said: "The expectations are clear, they are not casual but they are clear. It is thing we face, that situation to support and play successful the Premier League and that is the large people for everybody."
Van Nistelrooy volition nexus up with striker Jamie Vardy, who broke his grounds for scoring successful consecutive Premier League games erstwhile helium netted successful 11 matches successful enactment successful 2015-16, connected the mode to winning the title.
"It's a problem, of course, that helium broke my record!" said Van Nistelrooy.
"I told him consecutive distant 'we person a large contented we request to get retired of the mode earlier we tin adjacent commencement together'.
"I deliberation I bushed him to it. Of people backmost successful the time I made a tweet astir breaking the grounds and wishing him well, and past 9 years aboriginal - it's weird however things spell sometimes."
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