MUFC legend, Wayne Rooney should have avoided media duties at Plymouth, Dwight Yorke has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the greatest managers in the Premier League rarely do media duties because they are fully focused and committed to their jobs, but Wayne chose to go that route and it affected his managerial output.

Yorke added that maybe Rooney has to put his hands up and admit that he’s not as good as he thought he’d be as a manager.
His words, “The Wayne Rooney situation baffles me a bit. I had a great deal of respect for Rooney, I know him well enough. Sometimes, you try your hand at things and it doesn’t work out. Similar to players, you try a position and it’s not right. I studied Rooney’s coaching and I think when you get into management, you question certain things that he did. Everyone has their own way of doing things, I just think when he does things in the media, it doesn’t help him because he’s such a big profile already.
The greatest managers in the Premier League, you don’t see them doing media duties, they are fully focused and committed to their jobs. If you’re not committed, then you’re fighting a losing battle. Maybe Rooney has to put his hands up and say he’s not as good as he thought he’d be as a manager, his win rate percentage is alarming. The odds are against him, but it is Rooney so you can never say never.
It does look like Wayne Rooney’s trajectory is similar to what Roy Keane’s was, going from manager to pundit. Rooney’s managerial credentials haven’t enhanced from his jobs at Birmingham and Plymouth Argyle, but you can’t manage three major teams, including DC United, and expect another job without results. Rooney is a great of English football, probably the greatest player ever, and the media will love him. I’m sure he’ll bounce back in whatever he wants to continue.”
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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.
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