'Wayne Rooney signed me twice - all the players love him for one major reason'

Wayne Rooney has struggled to marque an interaction arsenic Plymouth Argyle manager, but 1 of his erstwhile players has insisted that the full dressing country emotion him and person the utmost respect for his management

Wayne Rooney's managerial attack has won him the affection of his squad, with a erstwhile subordinate revealing that the dressing country "love him".

Despite galore ex-pros turning to punditry successful retirement, Rooney dived into management, taking the reins astatine Derby County successful 2020 arsenic a player/manager. After a twelvemonth astatine Derby and a stint astatine DC United, which ended successful October 2023 pursuing a nonaccomplishment to scope the MLS playoffs, Rooney rapidly moved connected to go Birmingham City's caput coach.

His tenure astatine St Andrew's was short-lived, however, arsenic helium was dismissed aft conscionable 3 months with the squad languishing successful 20th spot successful the EFL Championship aft the Christmas break. In May, Rooney took implicit Plymouth Argyle but has recovered it pugnacious to triumph implicit the Green Army, with the squad sitting 18th successful the Championship aft 15 games.

Despite mixed results and imaginable instrumentality scepticism, Ravel Morrison has spoken out, confirming the players' admiration for Rooney portion sharing however they emotion and respect the shot icon. During a caller occurrence of The Stomping Ground, Morrison, who has played nether Rooney astatine some Derby County and DC United, was asked by Troy Deeney astir the antagonistic property Rooney often receives arsenic a manager.

In response, Morrison said: "I'm not definite you know, due to the fact that I consciousness erstwhile he's successful the nine each the players emotion him." When Deeney suggested that determination are 2 types of managers - a players' manager and a nine manager - Morrison agreed, saying: "So he's a players' manager. The players each emotion him."

He added: "Rooney has each the players' intentions - the champion intentions. So helium wants what's champion for the players origin evidently helium was a subordinate himself, and he's a spot of a, would you say, 'Wildcard'? So helium knows what it's like. What the players require."

Rooney has suffered a dilatory commencement astatine Argyle successful the 2024/25 Championship campaign, winning conscionable erstwhile successful their opening 5 games. Sheffield Wednesday battered the broadside 4-0 successful their seasonal opener, earlier a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Stoke City and draws with Hull and QPR further enactment a dampener connected the side's prospects.

A constrictive 3-2 triumph implicit league leaders Sunderland successful their 5th crippled of the play boosted spirits, but Rooney has his enactment chopped retired for him successful the coming weeks, with a full big of investigating fixtures poised. Plymouth big Watford connected Friday, earlier travelling to Norwich adjacent Tuesday.

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