Man United legend Robin van Persie close to becoming new Heerenveen manager | OneFootball

Manchester United legend Robin van Persie is close to agreeing a deal to become the new manager of Eredivisie side Heerenveen.

The Dutchman left the Red Devils in 2015 after three years and playing an instrumental role in the club’s last Premier League title in 2013, where he scored 30 goals in all competitions.

Van Persie returned to his former side, Feyenoord, as a player in 2019 and then, the following year, joined the coaching team to be an assistant to Dick Advocaat.

The 40 year old has enjoyed success as co-head coach of the under 18 and under 19 teams in Rotterdam. However, he is poised to leave the club once more to take his first step into management.

It was relayed here that the Dutchman was in talks with Heerenveen to be their new boss and it appears that such discussions have been fruitful. Dutch newspaper AD report that “Robin van Persie is close to his first coaching job in the Dutch Premier League”.

“Heerenveen is approaching an agreement with the former striker and are hopeful of presenting Robin van Persie as the new head coach in the near future. The club management of the Frisians and the 40-year-old all-time top scorer of the Dutch team have now had several discussions with each other and both parties wish to reach an agreement soon”.

“Feyenoord wanted to keep Van Persie and hoped that as a youth coach he would want to make the step from Feyenoord under 18 years to the under 21 team, but the former player of Feyenoord, Arsenal, Manchester United and Fenerbahçe did not accept Feyenoord’s offer”.

The Eredivisie side are currently 10th in the table, where Van Persie will be hoping to help the team launch an assault on European spots in the coming seasons.

Van Persie rejected the chance to become part of Erik ten Hag’s backroom staff when the Dutchman quit Ajax in the summer of 2022, as he wanted to continue cutting his teeth at Feyenoord’s youth system.

The Dutchman was a fearsome striker, so there is probably no surprise in how he sets his teams up.

Speaking on his tactical approach he claimed, “I want my team to be really attacking because then you have the best chance of winning. But every coach has to throw his own sauce over his team’s attacking football – and that is what I am doing”.

It will be interesting to see how he can make the huge jump from youth football to the senior game.

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