Ruud van Nistelrooy hopes to start working as PSV head coach in the future, he says in conversation with the PSV. General Newspaper. The Jong PSV coach is not afraid to express his ambitions and sees himself standing in front of the group in Eindhoven in the future. He rules out a career as a trainer at Ajax or Feyenoord. “That is not an option anyway. I have too much PSV DNA for that,” said the former striker.
“Another club in the Netherlands outside the top is possible,” said Van Nistelrooy. “But I have the same with Barcelona. I will never become a trainer, because: too much feeling at Real Madrid. Yes, Ronald Koeman has done all three of Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV. And not only as a player, but also as a coach! I am genuinely beautiful, but that’s why Ronald Koeman is also Ronald Koeman. He stands above the parties for me. Unique.”
Van Nistelrooy is in his first six months as head coach and with Jong PSV is in a creditable eleventh place in the Kitchen Champion Division. “My ambitions? I have indicated internally: I want to do Young PSV for two years. Six months have now passed. After those two years, I want to see what the situation is at PSV 1,” said Van Nistelrooy. “I dare to say that my ambition is to become PSV head coach. In the long run. That is possible after Young PSV, but first taking a side step to another club is also possible.”
The contact between Van Nistelrooy and Schmidt is good, says the former striker of Real Madrid, Manchester United and PSV, among others. “Our first conversation immediately gave me a good feeling”, says van Nistelrooy. “He is a pleasant man to deal with, I thought that was important. Professionally, he immediately said: ‘Ruud, for me the most important thing with a trainer is that he shows color’. In that sense: you play in a certain way. Or not. Knowing what you want. A clear signature. That is the core of Schmidt.”
Van Nistelrooy learned the most from Sir Alex Ferguson and Bryan Robson. “Those were my teachers. That is also due to their exemplary behavior. They are both sirs. They themselves had been under fire so many times and had heard the trumpet so often. If you thought: wow, the newspapers burn the trainer, he will probably come in sackcloth and ashes. But then Robson came in cheerful, or Ferguson, and they immediately had an eye for you and your development. They took all the criticism and shit in a way that made an impression.”