Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney is now a free agent after being sacked by Plymouth Argyle.
Rooney’s seventh-month stint with Plymouth was unfortunately his most recent unsuccessful position, having failed to last more than a year as manager since leaving D.C. United in 2023.
The legendary striker ended his player career with Derby, becoming their interim manager in November 2020 before being appointed as permanent manager in January 2021.
The former Red Devil made it a year and a half before departing the club in the summer of 2022 as the club were relegated to League One.
A month later, Rooney returned to his former club D.C. United where he remained for 15 months.
Upon returning to England, the legendary goalscorer took on the managerial role at Birmingham City, however only lasted three months before being sacked.
Then after four months clubless, Plymouth appointed the former England international to take the helm.
Now, with Rooney looking for the next step in his career, another United legend has tipped him to return to Carrington.
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Teddy Sheringham tips Wayne Rooney for Manchester United return
Fellow former striker Teddy Sheringham has now tipped Rooney to return to Old Trafford to support with the coaching amid inconsistencies in front of goal.
The ex-United man spoke to BoyleSports, suggesting that Rooney could return to coach Rasmus Hojlund, with the Danish striker struggling to find the net.
Sheringham commented: “Would Wayne Rooney be a good striking coach? Without a doubt. I think it is a very important role nowadays. There are set-piece coaches, back four coaches, striker coaches and Wayne’s been one of the top players in the country.”
He continued: “Could he help Rasmus Hojlund? Of course. He’s an experienced player who’s played for his country a hundred times and scored goals at the top level. So any advice from him you would have to listen to.”
Rooney scored a total of 363 career goals for club and country, with 185 assists across 884 matches.
Needless to say, he knows a thing or two about scoring so could support United’s lack of clinical finishers.
When Ruud van Nistelrooy was part of the coaching staff at United at the start of the season, he took Marcus Rashford under his wing to work on clinical finishing, seeing a slight improvement in the star’s form.
With this approach being used before, it’s not too unbelievable that something similar could be possible here.
However, the big change is that of the manager. Van Nistelrooy’s involvement came under Erik ten Hag, however with Ruben Amorim having a firm belief in his system, it’s unknown if the Portuguese manager would look to recruit further to his long-standing coaching staff.
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