{"id":1092914,"date":"2019-06-09T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T12:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1092914"},"modified":"2022-09-20T22:43:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:43:32","slug":"wayne-rooney-manager-retirement","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/wayne-rooney-manager-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney reveals plans to go straight into club management after retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wayne Rooney has outlined his intentions to go into club management as soon as his playing career reaches an end.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old currently plies his trade in Major League Soccer with\u00a0D.C. United but has his sights set on life after he hangs up his boots.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rooney&#8217;s retirement plan: Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The former England international left the Premier League for D.C. United in 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Since relocating to Washington, Rooney has scored 20 goals and registered 10 assists in 37 appearances.<\/li>\n<li>Rooney netted his 300th club career goal last month in 2-1 defeat to\u00a0Houston Dynamo.<\/li>\n<li>He wants to follow in the coaching footsteps of former international teammates Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Scott Parker and John Terry.<\/li>\n<li>Rooney has stated his plans to cut his teeth in football management once he retires, but at club level rather than in international football.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7278637-klopp-must-solve-wenger-s-dilemma-to-take-liverpool-forward<\/p>\n<p>Ex-England teammates Gerrard, Lampard and\u00a0Parker have all taken to football management since calling time on their playing careers, and Rooney wants to emulate the steps they&#8217;ve taken.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live&#8217;s Sportsweek, the former England skipper said:\u00a0&#8220;As soon as I finish playing I&#8217;d like to go into management and see how I do as it&#8217;s what I know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t want to manage in the England set-up as my first job. I want to be involved day in day out and really work with the players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federico Chiesa, Rodri, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uOmqzF0ED98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rooney on Man Utd rebuild<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Turning his attention to matters at his old stomping ground, Old Trafford, Rooney discussed how Manchester United must rebuild to compete with the likes of Man \u00a0City and Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The former Red Devil believes\u00a0Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should be given time to implement his ideas, while building a team around young players, rather than global superstars.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;The club needs to rebuild with younger players but they need to be good enough and I think the fans will understand that they are probably not going to compete for the Premier League next year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1085536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/23105629\/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-everton-man-utd-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/23105629\/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-everton-man-utd-2019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/23105629\/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-everton-man-utd-2019-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/23105629\/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-everton-man-utd-2019-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/23105629\/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-everton-man-utd-2019-66x40.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let Ole have that time to build a team for the next two or three years that are going to compete at Premier League and Champions League level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s down to teams like United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham and possibly Everton in the next two years to get to the level of Liverpool and Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first thing Ole has to do is build the squad and I don&#8217;t think bringing in one or two players for \u00a3100m is going to help the players already there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ole&#8217;s better spending \u00a330-40m on players with potential and building the squad around those five or six players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could bring in players in Ronaldo, Messi, Ramos or Bale but it&#8217;s going to cost you \u00a3350m and you&#8217;d get two years out of them and you&#8217;ve written that money off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"7c4c485a-3260-4ab4-8346-d80b747acdcd\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne Rooney has outlined his intentions to go into club management as soon as his playing career reaches an end.\u00a0 The 33-year-old currently plies his trade in Major League Soccer with\u00a0D.C. 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