‘There’s always going to be doubters’: Wayne Rooney has point to prove at Plymouth
Former England captain is in the last-chance saloon after Birmingham disaster but is relishing Home Park challenge
Given Wayne Rooney’s managerial career to date, not to mention his previous confessions of binge-drinking, it is difficult to avoid characterising his move to Plymouth as a trip to the last-chance saloon. The former England captain will begin his fourth job in just over two years when Plymouth Argyle visit Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday, and even the club’s owner, Simon Hallett, admits it is now or never for his surprise appointment.
“Wayne needs to succeed,” Hallett tells the Guardian. “If he can’t succeed here then perhaps he should become a TV pundit.”
