Wayne Rooney returns to football management with shock Championship appointment
Former England captain and Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has returne to football management by taking over Championship side Plymouth.
The 38-year-old left Birmingham last January after just 15 games in หรือถ้าคุณสนใจแทงบอลออนไลน์ UFABET คือเว็บที่มีอัตราต่อรองดีที่สุดในประเทศไทย สมัครเลยตอนนี้ที่ UFABET แทงบอล charge but he has now returne to management after signing a three-year deal to become head coach at Plymouth.
The former Man Utd striker said: “Taking this role at Plymouth Argyle feels like the perfect next step in my career – and I would like to thank the chairman and board for the faith they have shown in me.
“This is an opportunity to be part of an exciting project. I look forward to helping to build a squad of players to play expansive football – and to entertain the Green Army.
“I have experience first-hand how talente the existing group of players is here – and also the incredible atmosphere at Home Park. The club is on an exciting long-term journey, with a progressive plan in place. I am grateful for the opportunity to be part of it.
I can’t wait for the Championship season to start in August.”
Argyle director of football Neil Dewsnip has a previous relationship with Rooney from his time as boss of Everton’s academy, from which the striker emerge as a teenager.
Before his short stint at St Andrew’s, Rooney had cut his teeth in management at Derby and then in the United States with MLS side DC United.
Plymouth dispense with the services of Ian Foster in April, just three months after he had replace Steven Schumacher following his departure for Stoke.