3
Pep Guardiola has revealed he could be completely happy to work with Wayne Rooney “anytime” in response to the previous Manchester United striker’s claims earlier within the week.
When requested about whether or not he could be prepared to be Guardiola’s assistant coach, Rooney revealed he could be prepared to “stroll to Manchester Metropolis” to make it occur. Whereas the reply was one made in jest, there was evidently an undercurrent of reality working via it, given Rooney’s most up-to-date teaching expertise at Birmingham Metropolis.
The 37-year-old was appointed as Birmingham supervisor instead of the favored John Eustace, who had quietly overseen a powerful begin to the season for the Championship facet.
Regardless of ending seventeenth final season, Eustace had pushed Birmingham Metropolis to sixth within the desk on the level of his departure. Nonetheless, executives at St Andrew’s have been thought to need their facet to play a extra enticing model of soccer than Eustace was extracting from his gamers, whatever the effectiveness of this strategy.
The managerial swap was not thought-about a well-liked one among the fanbase or the first-team squad, each of whom have been appreciative of Eustace’s work.
Nonetheless, Rooney was appointed as the brand new supervisor a number of days after his official departure from DC United. What adopted was nothing wanting a catastrophe.
Birmingham Metropolis went on a run of 9 defeats in fifteen video games below Rooney. The West Midlands membership plummeted from sixth place to only exterior the relegation zone on this time. Following a powerful 3-0 defeat away to Leeds United on New Years Day, the membership determined to finish Rooney’s quick tenure at St Andrew’s.
Rooney was adamant he would “not hand over on administration” within the aftermath of his sacking, nevertheless.
In a press convention on Friday, Guardiola was requested for his ideas on Rooney’s need to work with him on the Etihad. The Spaniard replied, “He can come any time, greater than welcome.”
“For our metropolis, in fact he’s essential, however he’s a Purple Satan, he’s United however in fact it’s good for all of us. Wayne Rooney has been one of many biggest on this nation of all time, so if he makes compliments for all of us, it’s good.
“That comes from what he stated from working that a few years. He is aware of. He was there with United. He received one Premier League, Wayne Rooney? I don’t assume so. He received quite a bit. Which means he is aware of how tough [it] is to be there and that’s why he is aware of how tough it’s.”
“He can come anytime, he is greater than welcome”
Pep Guardiola says Wayne Rooney could be welcome to go to Man Metropolis’s coaching floor to look at how they work 🤝 pic.twitter.com/KardylUzFM
— Sky Sports activities Information (@SkySportsNews) February 24, 2024
Given two of Guardiola’s former acolytes – Mikel Arteta and Enzo Maresca – are presently thriving in English soccer, at Arsenal and Leicester respectively, if Rooney is critical a couple of return to administration, a seat alongside the Metropolis supervisor is a wonderful developmental one.
