Wayne Rooney: Manchester United and England legend in his own words
WR: It was something I always wanted to enter with management. I saw this as a challenge. I always want to challenge and take over in life, but I also realized that you had the chance to go wrong. But I don’t care to take this risk and challenge.
Some former players can expect a perfect opportunity. Derby County One … I was playing there and Phillip Cocu was dismissed. We entered the management. It was a really hard start to the administration, but I felt that we were doing a really good job.
In DC United, when we went there, I felt that we had done a good job even if it was not depicted in this way. Before they went there, they had finished three seasons and brought them to a point of the play-offs.
Birmingham One, everything was wrong – timing, fans didn’t really give me an opportunity, we lost the games. Then he felt right, but it wasn’t when I looked back.
And we were doing well for what we had in Plymouth, and then it was decided. After that, I thought, ‘I don’t know why I put myself in these positions’. I looked at Punditry, I did lice and I felt it was right and time is right. Here I am here!
