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Dick Advocaat joins Feyenoord to take heat off Van Persie - DutchNews.nl

Dick Advocaat, 78, mentors Robin van Persie behind the scenes to ease coaching pressure amid Feyenoord's poor Europa League showing and patchy league form.

  • Veteran coach Dick Advocaat has joined Feyenoord as an adviser to support under-fire head coach Robin van Persie in a behind-the-scenes role.
  • Last month, Advocaat returned to support Van Persie, whose team lost six of eight Europa League matches, with the board backing him last week.
  • Reprising an earlier role, Advocaat will act behind the scenes as a mentor, having known Robin van Persie nearly 20 years and supported him unofficially in 2020.
  • Feyenoord hope Advocaat's presence will ease pressure on Robin van Persie and let him focus on coaching as they sit three points clear of NEC Nijmegen and five ahead of Ajax with seven matches left.
  • Feyenoord trail league leaders PSV Eindhoven by 16 points and face the Klassieker against Ajax on Sunday that could let PSV sew up the title; historically, they recovered from seven straight losses in the 2015/16 season to finish third and win the KNVB Cup.
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The general manager of Feyenoord still has the Rotterdam club's objective in mind. "And that is to finish second."

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The arrival of sounding board Dick Advocaat can be seen as a last-ditch attempt to prevent the difficult season under Robin van Persie from derailing further.

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Dennis te Kloese has once again spoken out regarding Robin van Persie's position at Feyenoord. The general manager and technical director responded on Wednesday in an interview...

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NU broke the news in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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