Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney keen to become next Newcastle United manager
Former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney is reportedly very interested to become the next manager at Newcastle United. The Magpies are expected to sack Steve Bruce soon, with the new owners interested to bring someone who can turn them into title challengers. Bruce’s men endured a frustrating 3-2 defeat against Nuno Espirito Santo’s Tottenham Hotspur last week. Spurs won 3-2 at St. James’ Park as Tanguy Ndombele, Harry Kane and Son-Heung-min all found themselves on the scoresheet. The Tyneside club are currently in the market for a new manager and so far they have been linked with names such as Steven Gerrard, Unai Emery, Antonio Conte, and Graham Potter, etc. And now as per SPORTbible, Rooney is also on the shortlist to become the next manager a...
Michael Owen: Phil Foden will set Euro 2020 on fire
Former England striker Michael Owen has tipped Manchester City midfielder, Phil Foden to shine for the Three Lions in Euro 2020. Foden, who was a star for the Citizens in the just concluded Premier League, where Manchester City was crowned champions, will be hoping to replicate Owen’s performance at the tournament. In a chat TribalFootball, Owen stated that Foden will set Euro 2020 on fire. “I think Foden is special, he’s different. I think we are talking about someone that could be great, he could be world-class,” Owen said. “His strength is the way he moves, his first touch. It’s all effortless, the way he glides into the game. A lot of people take a touch and then move. Everything he does is so easy on the eye. “He has real speed that people don’t even notice because he doesn’t look lik...
Daniel Sturridge on the verge of MLS move
Daniel Sturridge could be set to move to the MLS, according to the Daily Mirror. Sturridge has been without a club since being released from Trabzonspor back in March 2020. The striker had just received a four-month ban and a £150,000 fine after a breach of betting rules. It’s been a difficult few years for the Englishman, who was once one of the Premier League’s deadliest strikers. In his first season-and-a-half at Liverpool, he scored 31 league goals in just 43 appearances, finishing as runner up in the 2013/14 Golden Boot race behind strike partner Luis Suarez. However, he suffered numerous injury problems which severely limited his game time over the next few years. Suarez’s departure and the replacement of manager Brendan Rodgers with Jurgen Klopp also impacted his form, and he found ...
Wayne Rooney: One of England’s greatest
6,727 days. That is how long ago Wayne Rooney made his senior debut as a footballer. In his long and illustrious career, Wazza pretty much did and won it all (except an international trophy). Now, ‘Roonaldo’ has decided to hang up his boots in favour of smoother patent leather shoes, so let’s take a look back at the last 18-odd years when he has graced football pitches all around the world. An early introduction Rooney joined the Everton youth set-up aged nine after scoring 99 goals in one season in a local junior league – ninety-nine. That was a sign of things to come, and they started on July 15, 2002, when Rooney netted for Everton in a friendly against SC Weiz, an Austrian club. About a month later, the teenager made his Premier League debut when he started in Everton’s match against T...
Derby County appoint Wayne Rooney as their new manager
Wayne Rooney has been appointed as Derby County’s new manager on a permanent basis, as confirmed by the club via their official website. The Manchester United legend agreed to join Derby in August 2019 on a player-coach role starting in January 2020. Since then, he has made 35 appearances for the Rams, scoring on seven occasions. From November 26 onwards, Rooney has been taking charge of Derby on an interim basis. This sparked an impressive turnaround, going unbeaten in their next six games having lost the previous four. Captain. Leader. The greatest.@WayneRooney: The Manager 🐏 — Derby County (@dcfcofficial) January 15, 2021 And now the England national team’s all-time top goalscorer has been rewarded with the job permanently. The 35-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year contra...
10 former Manchester United players who went into management
For 26 years, Manchester United were managed by one of, if not the greatest coach to ever touch the game. Sir Alex Ferguson guided the Red Devils to 13 league titles, two Champions Leagues, and many other domestic trophies. You’d think that those who played under him would have picked up a thing or two from his tutelage, and gone on to be successful managers themselves. Well, football isn’t always that simple. Wayne Rooney is the latest of Fergie’s disciples to take the leap into management, taking charge at Derby County. How will he fare? I guess we’ll find out. But here is how other former Man Utd players have done during their managerial days. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Solskjaer is currently in charge at Manchester United Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over at Old Trafford during a turbulent spel...
Derby County unable to pay first team in full amid takeover doubts
Derby County’s chief executive has told the first-team squad that the club is unable to currently afford to pay them their outstanding wages from December, but is working to address the problem. Most of Derby’s first-team squad were only paid 50 per cent of the money that was due to them on December 15 and were told the rest would be paid in full, together with their current month’s wages, on January 15. But, repeated delays in the protracted takeover by Sheikh Khaled’s Derventio Holdings has meant the club has a major cash flow problem. After a number of missed deadlines, it had been hoped that the deal would be concluded on Tuesday night, but the purchase of the club remains incomplete. Sky Sports News has been told that there is a legally binding agreement between the two parties for th...
Report: Wayne Rooney keen on bringing West Bromwich Albion star to Derby County
Derby County star Wayne Rooney is looking to convince West Bromwich Albion striker Charlie Austin to join the club before the domestic transfer deadline on Friday, Football Insider reports. Austin, 31, has struggled for playing time since the Baggies promotion to the top-flight and he has not played a single minute in the Premier League this term. It is now reported that the Rams are interested in luring Austin back to the Championship and player-coach Rooney has taken up the task of convincing the striker to join them. Callum Robinson has been the undisputed striker under manager Slaven Bilic in the Premier League while Hal Robson-Kanu has acted as the deputy off the bench. Robson-Kanu is, however, out of action for a number of weeks after an arm fracture and that could impact the futures...
‘Bit like the Harry Kane situation’: Rooney suggests what Liverpool must do in transfer window
Former Manchester United striker and club legend Wayne Rooney has suggested what Liverpool must do in the transfer market. Rooney, in his column for The Times, has showered praise on Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp in particular. He feels that the Reds would be deserved champions this season. The former England striker says that Liverpool have a strong young squad and that they can win more trophies in the next few years. He feels if Liverpool can keep hold of Klopp for the next 10 years, the Reds will win at least five Premier League titles. With such a strong squad at their disposal, where would Liverpool invest next? Rooney feels that in the transfer market, Liverpool should look to bolster their bench strength. He suggests that Liverpool could buy more back-ups to the front three. Rooney fe...
‘What Ronaldo did for Manchester United’: Rooney raves about £200k-per-week Liverpool star
Former England striker Wayne Rooney has showered heaps of praise on Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah ahead of Sunday’s Merseyside derby clash. Rooney has included Salah in his best Everton and Liverpool XI he has played with and against while writing in his column for The Sunday Times. The former Everton striker feels that the 28-year-old winger has been playing at the peak of his form, and has compared his impact at Liverpool to that of Cristiano Ronaldo during the Portuguese’s time at Manchester United. While Rooney feels that Salah doesn’t put enough defensive shifts, he is a threat for opposition defenders and midfielders. Rooney wrote for The Times: “Mo Salahis starting to do what Ronaldo did for Manchester United, in terms of just being there and not really getting back to defend but a...
Wayne Rooney: Park was just as important to Manchester United as Cristiano Ronaldo
Getty Images Wayne Rooney has said that former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung was just as crucial to the club’s success as Cristiano Ronaldo, with the South Korean’s willingness to sacrifice himself for the team as a whole critical to lifting titles. Park and Ronaldo spent four years together at Old Trafford, winning three consecutive Premier League trophies, a League Cup and the Champions League in that time before the latter left the club for Real Madrid in 2009. And while Ronaldo’s goals, skills, speed and trickery will always be at the top of the highlight reel when looking back at that side, Rooney feels that Park’s contributions were just as important as that of the Portuguese icon. “It’s crazy but if you mentioned Cristiano Ronaldo to a 12-year-old, they would immediately...
Jadon Sancho looked up to former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney
Manchester United target and Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho has admitted looking up to Wayne Rooney as a youngster. The Bundesliga winger is believed to be Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s priority signing for the summer despite the increasing uncertainty surrounding football. Sancho represents the missing piece to United’s otherwise exciting attacking in Marcus Rashford as a left-winger, Anthony Martial as a striker and Bruno Fernandes as an attacking-midfielder. The former Manchester City man would slot in with ease in the right-wing position and give Solskjaer a new dimension to his attack. Sancho has been dropping a few hints over a potential move to the Red Devils with Dortmund reportedly looking for a somewhat realistic fee of €100m. In the video above, Sancho says: “Who did I look up to ...
