At Heerenveen under contract
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Feyenoord Rotterdam apparently identified a top candidate for the successor of the released coach Brian Priske and relies on a big name. Like the club -related medium “1908.nl“Reports, Robin van Persie is to become the new head coach at the Eredivisie club. Contact with the 41-year-old, who had accumulated 122 times for his youth club at his active time, and SC Heerenveen, in which Van Persia is still under contract until 2026, has already been manufactured.
The former top striker had once started his career in his hometown and ended it there. He then worked for the club in different positions, including as a technology trainer under Arne Slot. In the summer of 2024, he competed in Heerenveen, where he got an average of 1.27 points from 26 games in the summer of 2024.
As an assistant with a lot of experience, René Hake, who most recently worked in this position at Manchester United under Erik Ten Hag and Ruud van Nistelrooy, with which the Red Devils also left. The 53-year-old was seen as a spectator at the Champions League game between Feyenoord and Bayern Munich (3-0) in the stadium when Priskes’ dismissal was already in the air.
Feyenoord separated from Danes a week ago. As reasons, the club led the very mixed results at the national level and a lack of chemistry. The 47-year-old had only taken over in the summer as the successor to the Slot, who was immigrated to FC Liverpool, and collected an average of 1.85 points in 33 games. Since then, Pascal Bosschaart had headed the fortunes and made it perfect with the club on Tuesday evening into the round of round of 16 of the premier class against AC Milan.