New challenge on the benches for Roy Makaay. The former Deportivo player lands in Scottish football with his compatriot Giovanni van Bronckhorst. The former striker will act as assistant coach to the new Rangers coach, in the Scottish Premier League. It will be his second stage with Gio, with whom he already worked at Feyenoord.
At the presentation press conference, Giovanni van Bronckhorst clarified that Makaay will be his assistant in the first team and that “He will take care of the work with the forwards”. A specific role that he already played in the past, since 2015, in the Feyenoord first team. And that it is not so present in the technical bodies of Spanish football, but that it is quite common in the rest of Europe.
Regarding the Rangers context, March leading in the league, with 4 points of advantage over Celtic, his great rival and persecutor. Plus, is in the group stage of the Europa League, with options yet to qualify for the next round.
I remember Dépor in the official Rangers statement
In their official statement, Rangers spoke of the former sportsman and his successes in A Coruña: “Makaay enjoyed a fabulous playing career in the Netherlands, Spain and Germany, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup with Deportivo de La Coruña; two Bundesliga titles, two from DFB Pokal and one from DFB Ligapokal with Bayern Munich and a Dutch Cup with Feyenoord. He was also crowned 43 times by the Netherlands. He has taken on many coaching roles at Feyenoord since his retirement, including the work he did with Van Bronckhorst when he was the first coach (2015-2019) ”.
Roy Makaay’s public reaction
Makaay showed himself “very proud to announce that I will be joining the new @rangersfc coaching staff. Grateful for the opportunity and eager to work with the team ”.
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