Van Nistelrooy building base for Foxes' survival

LONDON - Ruud van Nistelrooy said he was "astonished" by the number of offers he received as a result of his spell as Manchester United interim manager, as he plots Leicester City's survival in the English Premier League.

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The Dutchman had four games (three wins and a draw) in caretaker charge at Old Trafford - two of them against Leicester - following Erik ten Hag's sacking at the end of October, but left the club when Ruben Amorim arrived in November.

Van Nistelrooy, speaking at his first press conference on Dec 2 since replacing the sacked Steve Cooper at the King Power Stadium, said offers had poured in.

"What happened after the games and the amount of interest, the options that all of a sudden were there for me and the options that came along, I was a little bit astonished," he said ahead of the home clash against West Ham United on Dec 3, which kicked off after press time.