Ruud van Nistelrooy, the interim head coach of Manchester United, has stated that staying with the team when his brief tenure as manager is finished is his “absolute goal.”With the team in 14th place in the Premier League after a run of subpar performances—the last straw being a late loss to West Ham United in London on Sunday—the club fired Erik ten Hag earlier this week.During a news conference on Thursday, Van Nistelrooy, who was hired by Ten Hag as a first-team coach in the summer, discussed why he wants to stay with the team.

He told reporters at United’s Carrington base, “I came back here for a very important reason – I’m here as an assistant to help the club forward.” “I still have a strong desire to do so in any way.”I have an assistant contract here for this season and next, and I will return to it after serving as an interim manager. “I’m very motivated to stay here and help the club forward,” the player said. That is my ultimate objective.Although Ruben Amorim is anticipated to take over the empty hot seat at Old Trafford, it is unknown when he would begin his new position because Sporting CP and United are still in negotiations.

While the Red Devils have only won two of their past nine games in all competitions, Chelsea is in better form when they visit Manchester United on Sunday.Van Nistelrooy had a strong start to his term as United defeated Leicester City 5-2 on Wednesday to win in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.The Manchester United icon also hopes that his club can carry that form into the match on Sunday.

Van Nistelrooy responded, “I’m guessing that too,” when asked if he would be leading the team in the match against Chelsea. “As I already stated, it will be a temporary position; this was made quite clear, and I was OK with that. In this case, I felt compelled to assist the club in moving forward.”That’s what we tried to do and the same for Sunday at least, and then after that we’ll see,” the statement reads. “Obviously, it was difficult, Erik had to leave, and I was very disappointed with mixed feelings, but after that, you have to change your mindset to win because 75,000 people are waiting and celebrating and millions are watching at home.”