The Dutch membership cited a downward development in outcomes and performances regardless of guiding Feyenoord to second place and Champions League qualification.
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Robin van Persie has been sacked by Feyenoord, with the Dutch membership confirming they’ll start the 2026-27 season with a brand new head coach.
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The previous ahead’s departure was confirmed after a gathering with the membership’s administration, ending his time in cost after 18 months. His contract had been as a result of run till mid-2027, however Feyenoord have now determined to maneuver on following an inside evaluate.
For Arsenal supporters, there might be little sympathy.
Van Persie stays despised by many followers, not merely for leaving to hitch which is how it’s usually frames, though that didn’t assist, however for the way in which he tried to show supporters towards the membership as a way to drive his exit.
Feyenoord confirmed the choice in a , writing that, “Feyenoord will start the 2026-2027 season with a brand new head coach. Robin van Persie was knowledgeable of this choice right now throughout a gathering with the membership’s administration.”
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Technical Director Dévy Rigaux added, “Robin van Persie has given every little thing for the membership over the previous 18 months. He deserves credit score for guiding the staff via a difficult season and in the end securing second place. That ensured qualification for the UEFA Champions League, which is of nice significance to the membership.
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“We performed a radical inside analysis through which we checked out a number of components, together with the event of the staff’s performances and the downward development in factors collected, each in Europe and within the Eredivisie. The conclusion was that it might be higher to start out the brand new season with a brand new head coach.”
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Feyenoord expects to announce Van Persie’s successor throughout the subsequent few weeks.
The choice follows the arrival of latest administrators Devy Rigaux and Robert Eenhoorn, who had introduced that they’d assess Van Persie’s work after taking on following the departure of normal supervisor Dennis Kloese on the finish of April.
Van Persie had hoped direct qualification for the Champions League could be sufficient to maintain him in put up after Feyenoord completed second within the Eredivisie. After securing that place, he spoke of “reduction”, “pleasure” and “pleasure”, whereas additionally acknowledging it had been a “lengthy and laborious” season. “It was stuffed with challenges in any respect ranges.”
However second place didn’t inform the total story. In his first full season as coach, Van Persie failed to realize any of the membership’s different targets, together with European development past the winter and successful the KNVB Cup.
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Feyenoord additionally didn’t beat a top-six membership all season, with no wins towards PSV, FC Twente, NEC, Ajax or AZ. They completed second with 65 factors, equalling the undesirable document for the bottom factors complete by an Eredivisie runner-up, beforehand recorded by Willem II in 1999, PSV in 1985 and Fortuna ’54 in 1997.
It’s not but clear whether or not assistant coaches Rene Hake and John De Wolf may even depart.
This was van Persie’s longest managerial stint of his post-playing profession and his second managerial function after time with Heerenveen, which he ended to maneuver to Rotterdam.