‘Shape The Future’ – Van Nistelrooy’s Wolves Preview

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‘Shape The Future’ – Van Nistelrooy’s Wolves Preview

Ruud van Nistelrooy wants to see Leicester City put in the groundwork for next season over the remaining games of this Premier League season.

2025-04-26T09:00+01:00

Ruud van Nistelrooy - Leicester City Manager

by Sam Stevens

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26 Apr, 2025

from LCFC Training Ground

‘Shape The Future’ – Van Nistelrooy’s Wolves Preview

Ruud van Nistelrooy wants to see Leicester City put in the groundwork for next season over the remaining games of this Premier League season.

Sam Stevens

2025-04-26T09:00+01:00

‘Shape The Future’ – Van Nistelrooy’s Wolves Preview

Ruud van Nistelrooy wants to see Leicester City put in the groundwork for next season over the remaining games of this Premier League season.

Sam Stevens

2025-04-26T09:00+01:00

‘Shape The Future’ – Van Nistelrooy’s Wolves Preview

Ruud van Nistelrooy wants to see Leicester City put in the groundwork for next season over the remaining games of this Premier League season.

Sam Stevens

2025-04-26T09:00+01:00

‘Shape The Future’ – Van Nistelrooy’s Wolves Preview

Ruud van Nistelrooy wants to see Leicester City put in the groundwork for next season over the remaining games of this Premier League season.

Sam Stevens

2025-04-26T09:00+01:00

Our relegation to the Sky Bet Championship was confirmed last Sunday, but with five games still to play, the Manager has called on his players to look ahead. Work is required to reset the momentum ahead of the new campaign and that can begin now, with Wolves the hosts at Molineux on Saturday.

Assessing Wolves

Vítor Pereira’s men are one of those who felt the threat of relegation earlier this season, but have since confirmed their survival and now sit 15th in the Premier League table.

Leaving Al Shabab in December for Wolves, who'd won only two of 16 matches beforehand, Pereira has transformed the West Midlands outfit and is enjoying a five-match winning run in the top flight.

“They’ve done well,” van Nistelrooy said during Thursday’s pre-match press conference. “The manager has done an excellent job coming in the winter. They invested well and reinforced their squad on top of a good team.

“I feel that they already had a long time in the Premier League but all credit to them for their performances since the new manager came in. They’ve got themselves away from trouble and really far away from the bottom three.”

Final five games

With our return to the second tier now confirmed, van Nistelrooy is eager to shift focus to ensuring the Club is ready for the challenges which 2025/26 will bring.

Leicester won the Championship title for a record eighth time last term, but every year is different, and they’ll need to be ready for next season’s instalment. Putting the foundations in place for a positive campaign during these remaining games is now top of the Dutchman’s agenda.

“Of course, what is now the most important thing is the coming games,” he explained. “And the extra motivation because we are shaping the future. We need to move on to next season and be as prepared as possible.”

Vardy’s goodbye

It was also announced, of course, on Thursday that our greatest-ever striker Jamie Vardy will be leaving the Foxes later this summer. He’s pretty much won it all in royal blue – the Premier League, the FA Cup the Community Shield and two Championships – and van Nistelrooy paid his own tribute to our iconic No.9 this week.

“I think it’s fair to say he is the best player ever to play for this Club and had the most impact with all the successes the Club had over the last 13 years,” the Manager added.

“He is four games away from 500 games for the Club and two goals away from 200 for the Club, so those figures say a lot. And then when you put the silverware next to it, you have the complete picture.

“His farewell is above anything and deserves all the credit and the honour possible. From the Club towards him. From the squad towards him. From the supporters towards him. From all the people who love football towards him. It’s all in focus towards that.”

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