Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp is set to return to football after six years away.
After leaving his role as an assistant manager at Ajax in 2017, Bergkamp has stayed away from the game for personal reasons.
However, he is now prepared to return and made that clear in a recent interview. The Gunners’ legend said, as quoted by The Sun:
“I’m itching to get back into football once more.
“I don’t think I am good enough to be a head coach, as I don’t think am sufficiently interested to want to manage everything.
“I respect people who can do this, but I prefer a different role – in between the youth squad and the first team.
“I find the best job to be in developing players. My role in acting as a bridge for youth-team players in getting to the first eleven suited me the best.”
Bergkamp was one of Arsenal’s finest players, and a statue was built for him at the Emirates Stadium.
Most key roles at Arsenal at the moment are being held by their former players, with Edu and Mikel Arteta holding very important positions at the Emirates.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Bergkamp is one of our most beloved figures and most Gooners will gladly take him back in any role at the club.
However, we trust the board to make the right decision and if they feel he can do a good job for the team, they will hand him a role at the Emirate.
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Seems like he’s looking for an academy job. Give him one. You can’t turn Dennis Bergkamp down.
I would love to see Dennis back even if he has to be head assistant to Gunnersaurus (no this isn’t Mesut).
Would be the ideal coach for the U21.I have watched (on TV) games from that division and its look very poor trained and poor results.
Respect to Mehmet at youth level, however, I have been a proponent of having someone like guardiola or Mikel at the helms of affairs at our youth team. Someone who is either Spaniard, Dutch or German. What they are doing at youth level is impressive. If opportunity comes with Denis, we can give him trial.
My mind is on Spaniard, maybe Santi or Fabregas.
Who else have crossed after Saka, look at united, Chelsea, Liverpool Brighton and City…we are been left behind at the youth development level.
I met DB10 at the Grove in Watford a few months ago, had a nice chat and photo taken with him, he’s a lovely man and of course my idol when it comes to football. Pity we can’t post photos on here!
Golfing were we GB?
No SueP, we were at the restaurant having a drink in the bar when he came in.
Yes, let Beckham come back to Arsenal.
He is passionate about Arsenal.
Effing Beckham!!! He gets in everywhere!
Our youth team are out of the U19 youth league in europe already, so i think it’s a great idea to hire someone to replace mehmet and Dennis is the ideal man we should give that opportunity just like Jack in the U18s doing a better job than Mehmet.