Van Nistelrooy set to be appointed Leicester boss

Ruud van Nistelrooy is acceptable to beryllium appointed arsenic Leicester City's caller manager.

The 48-year-old Dutchman would regenerate Steve Cooper, who was sacked aft conscionable 157 days successful complaint pursuing Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League decision by Chelsea.

Van Nistelrooy's assignment comes 2 weeks aft helium near his relation arsenic interim caput manager astatine Manchester United, pursuing Erik 10 Hag's dismissal.

He oversaw 3 wins and 1 gully during his stint successful complaint astatine United, but departed aft being told helium would not beryllium fixed a relation successful caller manager Ruben Amorim's backroom staff.

Two of Van Nistelrooy's victories were against Leicester - a 5-2 win successful the Carabao Cup past 16 and a 3-0 triumph successful the Premier League earlier this month.

The erstwhile Manchester United and Netherlands striker volition articulation the Foxes with the nine 16th successful the Premier League aft 12 games and conscionable 1 constituent supra the relegation zone.

Cooper was hired this summertime to regenerate Enzo Maresca aft the Italian joined Chelsea, but lone won 2 Premier League games.

Van Nistelrooy's lone erstwhile full-time relation managing a elder broadside was a play successful complaint of PSV successful 2022-23 wherever helium won the Dutch Cup, earlier joining United arsenic an adjunct manager successful July.

Leicester's adjacent crippled is distant astatine Brentford connected Saturday successful the Premier League and portion it is unclear if Van Nistelrooy volition beryllium successful the dugout, the proximity to the play means it is improbable helium volition instrumentality complaint of the team.

Leicester caretaker manager Ben Dawson, portion of Cooper’s backroom staff, remains poised to pb the side.

Van Nistelrooy indispensable triumph implicit a dressing country which struggled to bargain into Cooper’s methods during his play successful charge.

Senior players, including Jamie Vardy, did enactment the erstwhile Nottingham Forest brag but helium lacked buy-in from the full squad.