Robin van Persie to begin road into management at Feyenoord

By Conor Laird


Published: May 3, 2021 8:58 pm

Last Updated: May 3, 2021 9:08 pm

Former Arsenal and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is set to begin the long road into management imminently, according to reports.

Feyenoord return

Dutch icon van Persie is of course best remembered for his on-pitch exploits in the Premier League.

The hitman proved one of English football’s most lethal finishers for some time, across stints with Arsenal, and then Manchester United.

All told, RVP found the net 144 times in the Premier League, good enough for 13th on the division’s all-time top-scorer list.

David Beckham, Eric Cantona, Andy Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Roy Keane, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes, Robin van Persie and Nemanja Vidic are on the list of 23 eligible candidates to join the 2021 class of the Premier League Hall of Fame. #MUFC pic.twitter.com/7PSR4Omdp5

— United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) April 26, 2021

As outlined above, though, on Monday, van Persie’s plans to take his goalscoring expertise to the sidelines have been unveiled.

As per a report from Dutch outlet Algemeen Dagblad, the 37-year-old will imminently be named the assistant coach of the U16s at Feyenoord, the club with whom he opened and ended his professional career:

Robin van Persie will be named assistant coach of Feyenoord’s under-16 team, reports Algemeen Dagblad ?? pic.twitter.com/gWR2Ve3azr

— Goal (@goal) May 3, 2021

All PL final?

Whilst van Persie prepares for life in management, two of the attacker’s former clubs are of course eyeing up a showdown on the European stage.

Manchester United, for one, have all but booked their spot in the Europa League final, courtesy of a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma in their semi-final first-leg meeting with the Giallorossi last week.

Arsenal, though, have it all to do to set up an all-Premier League showpiece, with the Gunners trailing Unai Emery’s Villarreal by two goals to one ahead of welcoming the La Liga outfit to the Emirates later this week.

A lifeline for Arsenal as Pepe drives home a penalty and a vital away goal ? pic.twitter.com/8c9wLTUuhJ

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	34	47	80
2	Manchester United FC	33	29	67
3	Leicester City FC	34	22	63
4	Chelsea FC	34	22	61
5	Tottenham Hotspur FC	34	22	56
6	West Ham United FC	33	10	55
7	Liverpool FC	33	16	54
8	Everton FC	33	3	52
9	Arsenal FC	34	9	49
10	Aston Villa FC	33	10	48
11	Leeds United	34	-2	47
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	33	-13	41
13	Crystal Palace FC	33	-22	38
14	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	34	-4	37
15	Southampton FC	33	-18	37
16	Burnley FC	33	-15	36
17	Newcastle United FC	34	-20	36
18	Fulham FC	34	-20	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	33	-34	25
20	Sheffield United FC	34	-42	17

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	20
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	16
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	16
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	15
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	14
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	10
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	10
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	10
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	10
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick	Arsenal FC	10
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	10
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	10
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	9
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	9
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City FC	9

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	8
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC	0	8
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	6
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC	0	7
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	0	7
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	0	7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC	0	7
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC	0	7
Alioski, Ezgjan	Leeds United	0	7
Kante, N`Golo	Chelsea FC	0	7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	8
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	7
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	7
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	7
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	6
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	6
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	6
Raphinha	Leeds United	6
Neto, Pedro	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City FC	6

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