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'Very strange' - Wayne Rooney admits to 'weird feeling' when spending time with wife Coleen and their four kids before taking Plymouth manager job

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<p>That was the case for the former Manchester United and England star when seeing a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/slightly-odd-how-tom-brady-birmingham-wayne-rooney-awkward-position-shocked-players/bltd93bf6c28c411d85" target="_blank">forgettable 83-day stint in charge of Birmingham</a> brought to a close – with that coaching experiment from NFL legend Tom Brady and the Blues board quickly <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-league-one-tom-brady-birmingham-american-board-mistake/blt1886ca199e1e50c4" target="_blank">judged to have been a spectacular failure</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Rooney, who has also spent time in charge of Derby and D.C. United, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/broke-his-glasses-man-utd-legend-wayne-rooney-speaks-plymouth-red-card-wild-celebrations-win-blackburn/blt2dc2043a6ddcd08b" target="_blank">returned to management in the summer of 2024 when taking the reins at Plymouth</a>. He had spent five months away from football by that point, allowing him to indulge in more family-related activities.</p>

THE GOSSIP

<p>Rooney has told The Overlap from <a href="https://m.skybet.com/football " target="_blank"><em>Sky Bet</em></a> of time spent being unemployed when moving into coaching: “I don't get down over it, because it's life. I've had the opportunity to do a lot more with my children, seeing the kids play, taking them to training, stuff like that. But yeah it is very strange, especially on a weekend, you're like 'what is going on'. I went to the Lakes last weekend with Coleen and the kids and it was so strange, there was football on, it was a weird feeling.”</p>

WHAT ROONEY SAID

<p>Pressed on whether it was “strange” in a good way or left him <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-stepping-stone-dream-job-former-man-utd-team-mate-managerial-return-old-trafford/blt84802238a82b9114" target="_blank">questioning whether he wanted to return to the dugout</a>, Rooney added: “Of course you want to be there. That's the buzz of football, the thrill of football whether that's as a player or manager. That's what I know, that's what I love doing. You want to be around that. Obviously as a player you're quite secure but as a manager it's a little bit different.”</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Having spent plenty of time around his family in 2024, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-wayne-rooney-wife-kids-didnt-follow-plymouth-coleen-explains-decision-live-260-miles-away-man-utd-legend/bltfb8270473446563e" target="_blank">Rooney is now living apart from them</a>. He is based in Plymouth, while his wife and kids reside in a Cheshire mansion some 260 miles away. Coleen will soon be heading to the other side of the world as she <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-wayne-rooney-worried-coleen-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-wife-man-utd-legend-plymouth-boss-earn-5m-bushtucker-trials-jungle/blt343a8bc248279cdb" target="_blank">prepares to enter the Australian jungle as a contestant on ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’</a>.</p>

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Wayne Rooney admits it was a “weird feeling” and “very strange” to have time with wife Coleen and their four sons when finding himself out of work.

&apos;Very strange&apos; - Wayne Rooney admits to &apos;weird feeling&apos; when spending time with wife Coleen and their four kids before taking Plymouth manager job

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