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Arne Slott paid tribute to Ruud van Nistelrooy The new Leicester manager lays the groundwork PSV Eindhoven The party that deposed him Feyenoord Team as Dutch champions.
Two Dutchmen See you again on Boxing Day with league leaders Liverpool hosting Lester.
They faced each other in the 2022-23 season when Van Nistelrooy got the better of the games – winning 4-3 in Eindhoven and drawing 2-2 in Rotterdam – but picked up the slot. Eredivisie Title, incl Feyenoord cleared seven points Second placed PSV.
And Slott laughed: “I was hoping you’d tell the people here that I lost once and drew once! But you made it positive, said we won the league title which is true.
“Cody Gakpo was in his team, but I’m glad he’s in my team when we face Rudd because Cody scored that goal. [in PSV’s 4-3 win]”
Van Nistelrooy stepped down in 2023 and PSV went on to win the Dutch league under his successor Peter Boas but Slott believes the former Manchester United striker deserves his share of the credit for their form in their final months under him, as they lost just once, selling key players and Raising money to start rebuilding.
He explained: “Rud is a very nice man, first of all. I met him once or twice. I think he did really well when he was at PSV because I think PSV were top of the league table for the last year and a half but if you look at the second half of Rudd’s season, I think they didn’t lose another game.
“It was not surprising that, after we left, they bought a lot of players because PSV started buying a few more players than when they started working there. While he was there, Cody Gakpo and Noni Madu were sold.
“But he still showed he can compete for the title. Nice man, good manager, did well at Man United too. Looking forward to seeing him – especially if we win.”
