In an interview with Life After Football, Robin van Persie was asked about turning down the chance to join Erik ten Hag’s coaching staff at Manchester United.
The former Red Devil replied: “My son and daughter are important right now. The fact that they have both found their passion is great. A hobby is nice, but you hope that they really find a passion.
“Dina succeeded in doing that with horse riding, she’s totally into it, and Shaqueel has the same thing with soccer.
“My wife, Bouchra, is developing all her talents with our projects and that’s great to see. We’re enjoying ourselves together.
“In London, when I played at Arsenal, we moved five times. We also lived in Manchester and Istanbul.
“All in all, we were away for almost fourteen years. But then we thought ‘what’s good for the kids now?’ and felt a little stability would be nice.”
Van Persie was part of the United squad that won the Premier League in 2013 – our last league title to date. He is now coaching Feyenoord’s U16 side.
Almost a decade later, Ten Hag has been tasked with turning things around for the Red Devils. He will be joined by Sir Alex Ferguson’s former assistant Steve McClaren, set-piece coach Eric Ramsay and Mitchell van der Gaag, whom he worked with at Ajax.
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