Celtic legend slated to take over as manager as legends from Arsenal and Liverpool “want to buy” an English teamThree football superstars are interested in purchasing an English team, and one of them may choose to name a Celtic icon as manager.
Henrik Larsson, a legend in Celtics football, may be returning to football management. Three Dutch football giants, Dirk Kuyt, Ronald Koeman, and Dennis Bergkamp, are trying to buy an English team, and once they do, they may appoint Larsson as head coach.
Record Sport claims that the three have already decided that Larsson will run the team they purchase, along with agent Rob Jansen. Among them, Koeman, 60, has experience managing at a high level; he has guided Everton and Barcelona managed the Netherlands national team in the past and does so now.
Koeman, Bergkamp and Kuyt have attempted to buy an English club before this – they tried to purchase Wycombe Wanderers in 2019, but the deal ultimately fell through.
Larsson has not managed at a professional level since 2019, when he was head coach of Helsingborgs IF. Previously, he has also managed Falkenbergs FF and Landskrona BoIS – he has yet to take on a senior managerial role outside of his native Sweden. As a player, the 52-year-old scored 174 goals in 221 appearances for Celtic – he also turned out for clubs such as Barcelona, Feyenoord and Manchester United.
Which Premier League clubs could Koeman, Bergkamp and Kuyt buy?
Currently, the Koeman, Bergkamp and Kuyt cabal is looking at clubs based in League One and League Two. Additionally, they have also narrowed their search geographically – they are only considering teams based in the Manchester and Birmingham areas, it is understood.
Assuming these criteria are strict, this narrows their search down to four clubs – Bolton Wanderers, Stockport County, Walsall, and Salford City. Salford are already owned by a consortium of former footballers, which includes many of Manchester United’s Class of ’92 – as such, they can probably be ruled out.
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