Ruud van Nistelrooy has authority when he analyses Manchester United. The United legend with 150 goals in 219 appearances in the red shirt, on the inside as an assistant coach since the summer, then head coach in the scintillating attacking 5-2 win against Leicester. Ruben Amorim will take over the lead at the next international break, but Van Nistelrooy uses every opportunity to drip tips on what needs to be at the bottom of the team when you manage Manchester United – and indirectly tell you what hasn’t been in order.
“Ferguson said: ‘No one is bigger than the club,'” Ruud van Nistelrooy began before Sunday’s big game against Chelsea.
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“Anyone can shout it. But if, like Ferguson, you showed action behind those words with every decision, every choice, it will be different. So, players know that’s how it works here. Take, for example, the interaction with the supporters. To always thank people after the game, no matter how it went.
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“Or when we come to a hotel and there are fans. To sign some autographs. Take a photo. Ferguson demanded that we take the time to do that then. Now I’m the one doing it. I encourage players to do so. Is it because it’s a good example of an important cultural thing? Yes, it comes from Van Nistelrooy.
Culture.
We remember Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spending the first months of the 2018/19 season making the United culture visible to the players who had been led by Jose Mourinho. The culture that was the foundation behind the club’s huge success under Alex Ferguson.
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