Arsenal legend joins forces with former Liverpool forward in bid to buy English football club… with Celtic icon to be installed as manager if takeover succeeds
- Former players have their sights set on a club in League One or League Two
- Dennis Bergkamp would supervise the academy after coaching the youth at Ajax
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Dennis Bergkamp, Dirk Kuyt and Henrik Larsson have revealed they want to buy an English football club.
According to football agent Rob Jansen, the trio of former players have their sights set on a club in League One or League Two.
Jansen has revealed that the group will take a hands-on approach if they are successful with their takeover bid.
Bergkamp, 54, would oversee the academy after holding coaching roles in the youth side of Dutch side Ajax since retiring.
Celtic icon Larsson would be appointed manager under the project.
Dennis Bergkamp (L), Dirk Kuyt (R) and Henrik Larsson want to buy an English football club
The former players have their sights set on a club in League One or League Two
Jansen also said Dutch boss Ronald Koeman would be involved.
He says to the KieftJansenEgmondGijp podcast: ‘We are in the process of buying a club in England. I can’t say which club yet.
‘I can say with which group we will do it. Ronald Koeman, Dennis Bergkamp, Henrik Larsson and Dirk Kuyt.
‘We are now looking at League Two or League One. We do that with some people around us and we also have the financiers. It doesn’t have to be in London.
‘The plan is to manage the football club in the broadest sense of the word.
‘So the way we think it should be. Training, hospitality, merchandising, marketing, everything. We have a group and maybe one or two more will join us.
‘The names I mention will also fulfill a certain function within the club. Henrik Larsson would like to become a head coach. Bergkamp will set up the academy. And Koeman also comes to do his thing.’
Larsson has managerial experience in his native Sweden, including two spells at former club Helsingborgs.
Celtic icon Larsson (above) would be installed as manager of the project
He fulfilled his last coaching role under Koeman at Barcelona between 2020 and 2021.
As for Koeman, he started a second term as Dutch boss last year and is currently under contract until 2026.
