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‘Please stop being a manager’ - Wayne Rooney gets brutal career advice from former Man Utd team-mate after Birmingham & Plymouth flops

<p>Ex-England captain Rooney has filled four coaching roles since deciding to hang up his boots. The first of those <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/watch-wayne-rooney-forgets-derby-efl-club-quiz-tom-brady-ryan-reynolds-happy-birmingham-wrexham/blt5e3a2f2c406230fd" target="_blank">saw him do a decent job in difficult circumstances at Derby</a>, but relegation out of the Championship was still suffered.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Rooney then failed to guide D.C. United into the MLS play-offs before lasting just 83 days at Birmingham after being charged with the task of <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/what-they-should-want-did-tom-brady-birmingham-learn-wayne-rooney-lesson-another-managerial-name-sought-american-owners/blt179185301598e137" target="_blank">delivering on expectations at St Andrew’s by NFL legend Tom Brady</a> and the rest of the Blues’ board.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Another flop was endured last time out at <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-appointed-profile-reasons-why-man-utd-legend-plymouth-job-explained-ex-england-captain-lasting-25-games-coaching-flop/bltf5acf44abc20da53" target="_blank">Plymouth, with just 25 games taken in there</a> before agreeing to the mutual termination of his contract. The Pilgrims, along with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-league-one-tom-brady-birmingham-american-board-mistake/blt1886ca199e1e50c4" target="_blank">League One table-toppers Birmingham</a>, have fared better since relieving Rooney of his duties.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>With that in mind, ex-United defender Evra has told <a href="https://x.com/utdreport/status/1908094664499998961 " target="_blank"><em>ShootforLoveYT</em></a> during a discussion with Park Ji-sung: “That's why they [Birmingham] get relegated. I said: 'No, please stop being a manager, it's not for you'. And he keeps going somewhere and gets sacked again... and when he leaves, they win.”</p>

WHAT PATRICE EVRA SAID

<p>Rooney is yet to return to the dugout after walking away from Home Park. He has <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/drop-down-league-two-wayne-rooney-coaching-return-prediction-man-utd-legend-told-how-prove-himself/bltee14b06776bc23b7" target="_blank">left himself open to offers</a>, but United’s all-time leading goalscorer is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/managerial-flop-wayne-rooney-most-sought-after-property-man-utd-legend-coaching-break-birmingham-plymouth-nightmares/blt2719d22489165348" target="_blank">enjoying the relatively stress-free life of punditry duty</a> for now.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR WAYNE ROONEY?

‘Please stop being a manager’ - Wayne Rooney gets brutal career advice from former Man Utd team-mate after Birmingham & Plymouth flops | Goal.com

Wayne Rooney has received brutal career advice from a former Manchester United team-mate, with Patrice Evra saying: “Please stop being a manager.”