Wayne Rooney: Former Man Utd striker leaves Plymouth Argyle by mutual consent

Wayne Rooney has left Plymouth Argyle after a nine-game winless run left the membership backside of the Sky Bet Championship.

Appointed in May on a three-year deal, Rooney departs Plymouth after simply seven months in cost with the membership 4 factors from security.

His final sport on the helm got here on Sunday, when Argyle had been overwhelmed 2-0 at fellow strugglers Oxford.

In an announcement on the Plymouth web site, Rooney stated: “I wish to take this chance to thank the board of Plymouth, particularly Simon Hallett and Neil Dewsnip who I shared nice relationships with.

“Thanks additionally to all of the employees who made me really feel welcome and who make the membership such a particular place, the gamers and followers for his or her efforts and assist throughout my time as head coach and I want all of them the very best for the longer term.

“To the Green Army thanks for making the video games at Home Park so particular, they’re recollections that we are going to share without end.

“I might additionally like to offer a particular point out to my teaching employees Kevin Nancekivell, Simon Ireland, Darryl Flahavan and Mike Phelan for his or her data, dedication, assist and assist.

“Plymouth Argyle will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will continue to look out for and take interest in their results.”

Wednesday 1st January 12:25pm


Kick off 12:30pm

Following Rooney’s departure, first-team coach Nancekivell and membership captain Joe Edwards can be in cost for Plymouth’s New Year’s Day conflict in opposition to Bristol City.

An announcement on the membership web site learn: “Plymouth Argyle can confirm that the club and head coach Wayne Rooney have mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect.

“Departing the club with Rooney will be assistant head coach Mike Phelan and first-team coach Simon Ireland.

“First-team coach Kevin Nancekivell and membership captain Joe Edwards will lead the workforce for our Sky Bet Championship match in opposition to Bristol City on New Year’s Day. Daryl Flahavan will proceed as goalkeeping coach.

“We would like to thank Wayne and his team for all their efforts and wish them well for the future.

“The membership can be making no additional remark at this stage with updates on our new first-team administration employees sooner or later.”

‘It wasn’t adequate’ – What Rooney stated after defeat at Oxford…

Sunday’s defeat at Oxford was an eleventh loss in 13 video games on the street for Rooney.

Speaking after the sport, in what turned out to be his remaining post-match interview as Argyle boss, Rooney stated: “You have to look at every possible outcome, that’s normal with the results we’re going through. You have to feel, ‘do we have the players to turn it around? Can I turn it around? Can the coaching staff turn it around?’

“I’ll return and attempt to put together for Bristol however finally I do know soccer and the way it works. I perceive the followers. I’ve been there myself. As a fan you wish to see your workforce win, to see your workforce working, making tackles and when your workforce is dropping video games, as we’re, the frustration is there. I get it. I do know the work we’re doing is sweet work. Unfortunately we’re not getting the outcomes.

“It wasn’t good enough. We didn’t create enough chances, the goals we conceded – we didn’t do enough to stop them scoring goals. Defensively this has been going on for a few weeks now. We’ve been trying to score goals but we didn’t hurt them enough today.”

‘Seemed like the proper match – however Rooney and Plymouth by no means acquired going’

Sky Sports News reporter Mark McAdam:

Rooney’s time at Plymouth lasted simply 221 days.

He signed a three-year deal again in May and had a relationship with Neil Dewsnip, who has been the sporting director on the membership for a lot of years. He has overseen a lot of the latest success on the membership and was Rooney’s coach when he was within the academy at Everton. It’s a long-standing relationship that goes again 30 years, therefore why they picked Rooney in the summertime as somebody who may doubtlessly lead Plymouth ahead.

As a supervisor, Rooney hasn’t had a lot success. At Derby, it was a bit hit or miss however they’d an actual preventing spirit about them with the whole lot that was occurring off the pitch. We know issues did not go so properly at Birmingham City and he had expertise within the MLS.

Plymouth thought they had been getting somebody with plenty of expertise and we learn about his taking part in credentials, however he was nonetheless very new to administration and did not have the proper match for the membership.

Plymouth is a neighborhood membership. It’s a fantastic membership with nice individuals. There’s a extremely good spirit and Home Park is unbelievable to go to due to the way in which the group actually get behind the workforce, they usually have had plenty of success underneath latest managers, going from League Two to the Championship.

At the time, for the membership this felt like an ideal match.

A younger, hungry, bold coach who we all know and perceive and he desires to play the Plymouth method, and the membership believed, regardless of the low finances, he may take them to locations they’ve by no means been earlier than within the Championship. It hasn’t turned out like that and it merely did not get going for Rooney and Plymouth.

There have been highs and a few constructive outcomes but it surely simply merely hasn’t been adequate, which led to the board, together with Rooney, deciding it needed to finish as a result of it simply wasn’t working.

What subsequent for Rooney and Plymouth?

More from Sky Sports News reporter Mark McAdam:

Rooney can be determined to show he is an efficient supervisor and head coach. He will not wish to sit round, he’ll be in search of the following alternative and he’ll be eager to get again into work as quickly because it feels proper.

I do not suppose that is the tip of Rooney as a head coach or a supervisor. I nonetheless suppose he harbours these ambitions to achieve success.

For Plymouth, they should take inventory, mirror and look as a result of they’ve had two managerial appointments that have not actually labored. Rooney was the newest and earlier than that there was Ian Foster.

The two appointments made earlier than that had been massively profitable and it’s fascinating that Ryan Lowe and Steven Schumacher are each out of labor in the meanwhile.

The key factor the board can be fascinated about with this subsequent determination and this subsequent appointment is getting somebody who understands town, the tradition of the soccer membership, the neighborhood spirit it has and the group of gamers already there.

So you’d suppose somebody like Lowe, who’s eager to get again into work and understands the membership, would possibly say he’d take it till the tip of the season to have the chance to get Plymouth away from the underside of the desk and up in the direction of the highest half of the Championship.

Plymouth’s upcoming fixtures

• Bristol City (H) – Championship – Wednesday January 1, kick-off 12:30pm – dwell on Sky Sports+

• Stoke City (A) – Championship – Saturday January 4, kick-off 12:30pm – dwell on Sky Sports+

• Brentford (A) – FA Cup – Saturday January 11, kick-off 3pm

• Oxford (H) – Championship – Tuesday January 14, kick-off 7.45pm

• – dwell on Sky Sports+QPR (H) – Championship – Saturday January 18, kick-off 12.30pm