Man Utd: Interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy says club can be ‘unstoppable’

It is unclear whether Van Nistelrooy, who spent five years at United as a player from 2001 to 2006 and won the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and FA Community Shield, would remain at the club if Amorim is appointed.

He managed PSV Eindhoven for a year from 2022, before joining Ten Hag’s assistant this summer.

Van Nistelrooy said United “can be unstoppable” when “players, staff and supporters pull together”.

“Even on a temporary basis, it’s a great honor to manage the club I love for as long as I’m asked to,” he said in his program notes before the Leicester game.

“When I returned this summer as Erik’s assistant, it was because I believe that Manchester United can climb back to the levels that I knew here as a player,” Van Nistelrooy wrote in his program notes ahead of the Leicester game.

“I still have that belief, but it will take time and a lot of hard work.

“We have seen the squad’s potential at times this season, but clearly not often enough.”