Pierre Van-Hooijdonk: Last News

Rangers should target Ajax captain Dusan Tadic because he's 'hopelessly out of form', revealed former Real Madrid and Spurs star Rafael van der Vaart. The Ibrox side will start their Champions League campaign with a trip to the Netherlands on Wednesday. While Rangers were losing 4-0 to bitter rivals Celtic, Ajax warmed up for the game with a bloodless 4-0 win against Cambuur.

A commentator for broadcaster TNT Sports has claimed Premiership champions Celtic are closing in on a deal for Bologna striker Sydney van Hooijdonk.

Sydney van Hooijdonk's dad Pierre reckons that Bologna will hold on to the striker this month amid speculation over a move to Celtic.

Thomas Buffel didn’t spend a second worrying about filling Ronald de Boer’s boots. And the Rangers legend reckons Ibrox target Cyriel Dessers would be best served ignoring any thought about having to tread in Alfredo Morelos’ footprints too.

Nottingham Forest will travel to Wembley Stadium on Sunday bidding to return to the Premier League after 23 years outside the top flight.Victory over Huddersfield Town in the Championship play-off final would see Forest back in the Premier League for the first time since the 1998/99 season. That campaign ended with the club finishing bottom of the table and being relegated from the top-flight after going through three managers during the season.The Forest side relegated from the Premier League in 1999 featured the likes of Nigel Quashie and Pierre van Hooijdonk, but where are they and other stars of that team now?Goalkeeper Dave Beasant remained at the City ground for another two seasons following relegation before moving to Portsmouth in 2001.Brief spells at Tottenham Hotspur, Bradford City, Wigan Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion followed before he ended his career at Fulham in 2004.Beasant has since gone into coaching, first as goalkeeping coach at Stevenage before spending three years in the role at Reading before departing in December 2018.The 1998/99 season was Quashie's first at Forest after signing from QPR and the Scottish midfielder would ultimately spend just two years with the club.A nomadic career followed, including spells with both Portsmouth and Southampton before he played out the final four years of his career in Iceland.Since hanging up his boots in 2016, Quashie has gone on to become a coach and runs his own academy, in the shape of the IPDA Football Academy.Mark Crossley also kept goal for Forest during their last top flight campaign, making 12 league appearances back in 1998/99.

“Those are the moments when you have to decide – and I thought I decided well.”

Jorge Cadete was part of Celtic’s “Three Amigos” who got Parkhead fans off their seats 25 years ago.

Georgios Giakoumakis can score 20 goals in his first season at Parkhead. But the Dutchman has told Hoops fans he’sNOT a replacement for Odsonne Edouard – because he’s more in the Leigh Griffiths mould.

Celtic and Rangers stars. The FootGolf Association of Scotland was formed earlier this year to help grow the hybrid sport across the country - and put Scotland on the map by competing at international tournaments.

Orkun Kokcu’s current manager at Feyenoord Dick Advocaat has seemingly confirmed Arsenal ’s interest in the midfielder.

He's beaten Pierre van Hooijdonk, Paolo Di Canio, Kevin Kyle and Roberto Fabian Ayala in his rise to World No1.

Celtic would have wrecked Rangers’ run to nine in a row if it wasn’t for Brian Laudrup. The former Hoops hero was part of the Tommy Burns side that ran Rangers close in the 90s but couldn’t halt the charge.