PSV icon serious candidate for Feyenoord coaching job?: “When you look at who’s available…”

Last weekend, news emerged that Robin van Persie has been dismissed as coach of Feyenoord. The Rotterdam team finished last season under the guidance of the former top striker in second place, but with a street-long gap behind PSV.

This was enough reason for the new club management to part ways with RVP and therefore Feyenoord has to look for a new coach for the coming season. Earlier, Oliver Glasner, the successful coach of Crystal Palace, was mentioned.

Nicky van der Gijp, a supporter of Feyenoord and the son of former PSV player Rene van der Gijp, does not expect the Austrian coach to come to Rotterdam. ''Glasner was mentioned, but that can hardly be possible. That man has done great things in England and won three trophies with Crystal Palace. He earned 5 million there and then would never come to Feyenoord. You might earn 1 or 2 million there, although Slot has earned more, including bonuses,'' said Van der Gijp on De Oranjezomer.

Therefore Nicky thinks Feyenoord should look for other names that are more realistic to acquire for the club from Rotterdam-Zuid. The name of PSV icon Mark van Bommel is also mentioned here.

Van Bommel was the coach of PSV from 2018 to the end of 2019 and was dismissed due to disappointing results, after which the former midfielder was appointed at VfL Wolfsburg in 2021 and had to step aside again in October of that year. The last club where Van Bommel was a coach is Belgian Royal Antwerp FC.

With the team, the club icon of PSV won the league title and the national cup. Nevertheless, Van der Gijp does not see Van Bommel’s arrival at 'his' Feyenoord as a good idea, unlike sports marketer and likewise Feyenoord supporter Chris Woerts.

''When you look at who is available, then you think of Mark van Bommel; Chris Woerts is also very fond of him, by the way. I’m not really—well, I haven’t got much with that. But he has in itself done well at Antwerp, although he was dismissed at Wolfsburg and PSV. I don’t know if that’s enough. And Sébastien Pocognoli is mentioned. He has been a coach in Belgium, and Rigaux knows him from there'', said Van der Gijp.