Van Nistelrooy becomes new PSV manager 

Former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy will take over as PSV Eindhoven manager from next season, the Dutch club announced yesterday.

Van Nistelrooy, who played for PSV between 1998 and 2001, will replace Roger Schmidt who will leave his post at the end of the current campaign.

After spells on the coaching staff of the Dutch national team and with PSV’s youth teams, the PSV job will be the 45-year-old’s first as a first-team manager. He has signed a contract through 2025.

“A few things have come together the past few months,” Van Nistelrooy said in a PSV statement. “The appointment of Marcel Brand as PSV’s general manager and the conversation we’ve had were the final push I needed to make a conscious choice and take this step.