'Momentum is changing' - Van Nistelrooy gives verdict on his spell as Manchester United interim head coach

Ruud van Nistelrooy says he is pleased with his spell as interim head coach of Manchester United as he prepares to take charge for the final time this weekend.

Van Nistelrooy was only appointed interim last week and has been unbeaten in his three matches in charge with wins over Leicester City in the Carabao Cup and PAOK in the Europa League, as well as a draw with Chelsea in the Premier League.

The Dutchman's temporary reign will end in the same way it started with a home match against Leicester this weekend, and if United win that match he will go down in history as the United boss with the best win percentage in the club's entire history.

"I think if you look, it's a results game in the end, I think the last three results were okay," he said of his spell as interim. "We're through in the Carabao Cup, we're in the quarter-finals there; it was a good point against Chelsea, where we thought we deserved more and also an important win in the Europa League to get us higher up in the table and go through the next round in January hopefully. I think the momentum is changing a little bit, but Sunday is also a competition where we need to do better than we're doing, as in the Carabao where we needed to do good business with a win, that's Sunday, and that game is very important for that sentiment overall."

It remains to be seen what the future holds for Van Nistelrooy when Ruben Amorim begins work as the club's new head coach next week, but he has once again reiterated his desire to stay at Old Trafford and help in anyway that he can.

Asked if he would like to United manage permanently one day, he added: "Of course. I thought this through well when I made the decision to come to United as assistant coach, I thought that through. I knew that coming to Manchester United was for me a special occasion where I felt I wanted to be part of this journey with the club also in an assistant role. I had clear ambitions to manage, I made the decision to sign a two-year deal as an assistant and I'm still in that frame of mind to stay in that capacity."