Former Birmingham City boss Wayne Rooney is leaving early

Former Birmingham City manager Wayne Rooney has quit the BBC’s Euro 2024 coverage as he takes up his next coaching job at Plymouth Argyle.

The former Premier League and England legend originally intended to provide a broadcaster’s perspective for the entire tournament in Germany – his first official sporting position since being sacked as Blues boss in January after a disastrous 15 games in charge.

Birmingham were eventually relegated from the Championship and Rooney, as he announced after signing up to be a pundit, quickly found another managerial role at one of the clubs to survive in the second tier at the expense of his former club , Plymouth. Pre-season is set to begin next week, so the Liverpudlian is set to begin his preparations for the new season.

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“Wayne, it’s your last time here because you were going to stay longer but you’ve got a job,” Match of the Day host Gary Lineker said during BBC One’s coverage of Ukraine vs Belgium on Wednesday, before asking when the pre-season will take place. ongoing.

“I’m flying home tomorrow,” Rooney replied. “The boys are back on July 3rd, so I’ll be home and go straight to Plymouth.”

The fixtures for all three divisions of the English Football League were announced yesterday morning – with City receiving the fixtures for the upcoming League One campaign, as were Argyle for the second year in a row in the Championship. Lineker asked his colleague for his thoughts on a trip away to Sheffield Wednesday for the opening game of the season.

Rooney replied: “The momentum was there today. When you watch the games, you look through the opening games, the Christmas schedule and more. I’m very pleased”.

Of course, barring a cup tie, Rooney won’t face Birmingham next season.

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