Van Nistelrooy, who also played for PSV and Real Madrid during a glittering career, is getting help on this front.
He is working with former United and Chelsea chief Peter Kenyon, with Van Nistelrooy stating: I have spoken to clubs from several countries.
In England, you see more and more that they are going for a model with a technical director and a head coach. It's no longer the model of the coach or manager buying the players. I find that model with a technical director and a manager very interesting.
The technical director gets the players and looks for a manager to match. You can work on a good foundation, like Xabi Alonso now at Bayer Leverkusen, supported by a technical director who also has every interest in working really well together.''