Quote from: SatoPrincess on Today at 01:48:32 PM

Quote from: dezoel on February 23, 2025, 01:20:39 PM

If anyone wonders how Robin Van Persie got "easily" the job of manager at Feyenoord, that dude was always there all his life. I mean sure he was transferred to other teams at times, but he was raised there as a kid, played there at the main team as an adult, and he always goes back there, after his playing career was over, he literally just sent there and got his licenses and started training with the youth team and all, basically earning his managerial debut in another team but until then spent time as coach in many stages of Feyenoord as well.

This is why I honestly can see why Feyenoord ended up getting him, this dude basically spent 20+ years there in total, who knows the team better than him? If he is a good manager, he should shine here even more.

I think it’s become a normal occurrence nowadays to see former players emotionally linked to a particular club return to occupy managerial roles, I think it is easier for these players to get this roles. It is no surprise in the case of Van Persie that he is able to get such a role, Frank Lampard got it at Chelsea, Ole got it at Manchester United, Xavi got it at Barcelona and Arteta got it at Arsenal so it’s like a norm now.

The appointment of RVP as coach in my opinion is too sudden for feyenoord, indeed he is a feyenoord academy player and has great emotional ties, but appointing him as coach of the senior team is of course very risky, especially when they are in the middle of the season and will also face intense and crucial match in the UCL, although he is an original product of the academy and has had a coaching career in the Feyenoord youth team, but honestly I doubt if he will be able to bring feyenoord better this season in the eredivisie especialy in the UCL later when facing his former team Arsenal.