nine years later Ruud van Nistelrooy and Jamie Vardy They have fixed a pending account now. It was in 2015 when the English striker scored in his eleventh consecutive Premier League game and broke the record previously held by the Dutchman.
Vardy arrived at Leicester in May 2012 and, at 37 years old, remains there. In 2016 he helped win the historic Premier League with his 26 goals. This is his thirteenth straight season and now he is recognized Van Nistelrooy on the first day of work for the new Foxes coach after being officially announced on Monday as the sacked replacement Steve Cooper. on saturday Ben Dawson He led the team as an interim in the defeat against Brentford (4-1) with the Dutchman in the stand.
The topic of conversation is inevitable when Van Nistelrooy and Vardy met today. “The problem, of course, is that he broke my record,” said the Dutch coach with a smile. “That’s what I told him right away: ‘Listen, we have a big problem that we need to solve before we start together.’ That was the first thing I told him.
The day, the match and the goal where Vardy beat Ruud
When, on November 28, 2015, Vardy scored at the King Power Stadium against Manchester United (1-1), the team where Van Nistelrooy played between 2001 and 2006, and surpassed his record, dedicated a tweet to him: “Now you are number one and you deserve it.”
Only nine years have passed since that anecdote and now Van Nistelrooy’s success as Leicester coach rests largely on the goals achieved by Vardy. the goal of removing the ‘foxes’ from the 16th place they occupy in the Premier, just one point away from the relegation places.
Praise for Vardy and debut against Lopetegui tomorrow
“He’s had a long career, playing all these seasons,” Van Nistelrooy said of Vardy on the eve of his home debut on Tuesday. against Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham, who played the position.
At 37 years old, Vardy has 4 goals in this Premier and it is the highest performance of the tied team with Argentine Facundo Buonanotte. “He was in form all the time, doing and helping every team he played. And he still is. I think he’s a great striker and it’s great to have him in the team,” Van Nistelrooy noted.
Stunned by offers after leaving United
The Dutch coach is barely It took three weeks to find equipment after being fired on November 11 by Manchester United when his short but fruitful stint as a temporary on the Old Trafford bench (three wins and one draw in four games) following the dismissal of Erik ten Haagwho had been his assistant since the summer. The acquisition of Ruben Amorim He quickened his pace.
At 48 years old, Van Nistelrooy, former striker for Real Madrid and Málaga among other teams, He believes that ephemeral period on the Old Trafford bench had an impact he never expected “because of the amount of interest that suddenly arose in me and the options that arose.”
“I was stunned. There were four games, I directed a whole season at PSV (2022-2023), there I won the Cup and Super Cup. He became part of the coaching staff of the under-19 team and the national team that I did not receive this reaction from the football world. I was happy then. “So I was able to talk to different parties and make a decision.”
Source: La Verdad
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