Manchester United have confirmed the arrivals of Rene Hake and Ruud van Nistelrooy as assistant managers to Erik ten Hag.
The pair be a part of the Pink Devils forward of the 2024-25 Premier League season, changing the departing Mitchell van der Gaag and Benni McCarthy.
Van Nistlerooy returns to the membership he spent 5 years with as a participant, scoring 95 instances in 150 Premier League appearances.
The Dutchman beforehand managed PSV Eindhoven within the Eredivisie, main them to the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff protect throughout the 2022-23 marketing campaign.
Hake additionally brings a wealth of managerial expertise, having beforehand managed Go Forward Eagles and Utrecht, main the previous to a ninth place end within the Dutch prime flight final season – the membership’s finest end for greater than 15 years.
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“Along with Erik, we’re working to strengthen all areas of our males’s first-team operations, and refreshing the teaching employees is a vital a part of that,” new sporting director Dan Ashworth advised the membership’s official web site.
“It’s a selected pleasure to welcome Ruud again to the membership the place he loved a lot success as a participant, and I do know that he and Rene will assist reinforce the profitable mentality and excessive requirements we’re aiming for.”
Manchester United kickstart their pre-season preparations towards Norwegian aspect Rosenborg subsequent Monday on the Lerkendal Stadion.
Ten Hag’s first aggressive sport of the brand new season takes place on August 10 towards rivals Manchester Metropolis within the Group Defend, a repeat fixture of their FA Cup triumph in Could.