Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney shows true colours just THREE SECONDS into new job

Former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney aimed a cheeky excavation astatine Manchester City up of their Champions League necktie with Real Madrid successful his archetypal outing with Amazon Prime Video

Wayne Rooney couldn't defy a cheeky excavation astatine Manchester City successful his caller relation covering the Champions League connected Amazon Prime.

The erstwhile England striker, 39, go Amazon's marquee signing for the Champions League knockout signifier aft losing his occupation astatine Plymouth Argyle astatine the crook of the year.

Rooney's archetypal duty was a biggie: City's immense showdown with Real Madrid for the archetypal limb of their play-off lucifer to scope the past 16 of this year's new-look competition. But Manchester United's all-time grounds goalscorer couldn't defy a cheeky motion to his Old Trafford days.

Speaking close astatine the commencement of Amazon's broadcast, helium said of The Etihad: "Obviously, it's a stadium I've scored a batch of goals in... So I'm definite I'll get a bully welcome!"

Rooney scored six goals astatine The Etihad during his playing vocation and the quip went down a tempest with United fans online, with plentifulness of them pointing it retired connected societal media.

He besides had his colleagues, Gabby Logan, Daniel Sturridge and Clarence Seedorf, successful stitches again minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium made a remark astir the rainfall and his hairsbreadth having undergone hairsbreadth transplants successful the past.

Rooney joked: "I anticipation the rainfall doesn't travel down immoderate more, my hairsbreadth volition beryllium each implicit the place!"

Rooney has been courted by a big of broadcasters since getting the chop from Argyle, wherever helium won conscionable 4 league fixtures and near the nine bottommost of the Championship table.

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The erstwhile striker's aboriginal successful absorption is up successful the aerial aft being dismissed. Rooney mislaid his occupation astatine Birmingham City aft a mediocre spell successful complaint aft a stint successful the United States with D.C. United successful the MLS.

He did, though, outline a tendency to instrumentality to the dugout during a caller quality connected The Overlap, wherever helium was asked what the aboriginal held. "I would similar to spell backmost successful [to management]," helium confirmed. "But it would person to beryllium the close club. Certainly the close club."

Rooney continued: "I deliberation you ever person that ego, don't you? You ever person that assurance you could spell successful and get the champion retired of a atrocious oregon hard situation. Obviously, that wasn't the lawsuit [at Plymouth]. I americium going to bask clip with my family, though."

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