Wayne Rooney ‘would stroll to Man City’ if Pep Guardiola requested him to be assistant
Wayne Rooney says he’d soar on the likelihood to be Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City.
The former England skipper has been out of labor since being sacked as Birmingham City boss final month and insists he’d fortunately toss his Manchester United allegiances apart to go and sit underneath the Guardiola studying tree.
Speaking on the Stick To Football podcast, dropped at you by Sky Bet, Rooney says the job Mikel Arteta, who spent three years as Guardiola’s No. 2, has carried out with Arsenal is proof each of Pep’s genius and his potential to show others round him, and says he’d like to get a style of the motion.
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“If Pep Guardiola comes in and asks me to be his assistant, I’d walk there,” the 38-year-old stated. “You see what Arteta is doing now and I strongly believe a lot of that is from learning what Guardiola was doing and so it depends on what the situation is.”
Rooney went on to explain Man City as “the best team in the country”, citing the actual fact they work tougher than anybody else, and crediting Guardiola with setting such excessive requirements on the membership.
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Dreams of changing into Guardiola’s assistant apart, Rooney says he is determined to get straight again into administration following his dismal three-month spell at Birmingham. The former striker took over when the Blues have been fifth within the Championship desk, and oversaw an alarming drop to twentieth place earlier than being axed.
Rooney admits he was now at managerial all-time low, and insists he’d fortunately take a job within the fourth tier to get his profession again on monitor.
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“I’m right at the bottom from a managerial point of view, and I want to work my way up,” he stated. “I’m not relying on what I’ve done as a player to get me into places that I shouldn’t be. I would 100% [take a job in League One]. I want to get back into managing and I want to prove myself. Whether that’s League Two, League One or Championship. It’s all experience.”
