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Patrice Evra has ripped into his erstwhile Manchester United workfellow Wayne Rooney, who helium claimed makes a squad worse by becoming their manager.
The Frenchman, successful dialog with different Red Devils favourite Park Ji-sung, joked that helium has told the Englishman to springiness up connected his imagination of coaching and cited his caller disastrous spell with Birmingham City.
'Thats wherefore they [Birmingham] get relegated,' helium told the South Korean via ShootforLoveYT.
'I said nary delight halt being a manager, it's not for you. And helium support going determination and get sacked again... and erstwhile helium leaves, they win.'
Rooney began successful absorption instantly aft his playing days were over, hanging up his boots portion playing successful the Championship for Derby to instrumentality the reins astatine Pride Park.
Manchester United's all-time starring scorer received plaudits for the enactment helium did successful highly challenging circumstances, with the nine struggling to vie amid their upland of fiscal issues.
Patrice Evra aimed a brutal excavation astatine his erstwhile Manchester United team-mate portion successful speech with different ex-colleague Park Ji-sung
Rooney lasted conscionable 84 days arsenic Birmingham City manager, who were relegated astatine the extremity of the play aft being successful the hunt for promotion erstwhile helium took over
The 39-year-old past made the astonishment determination to MLS and coached different of his erstwhile sides, DC United. But helium lasted conscionable 12 months Stateside - fractional the clip helium spent successful complaint of the Rams - arsenic involvement successful his services came from the recently minted Blues.
Birmingham City - backed by the riches of Knighthead Capital and boasting NFL fable Tom Brady arsenic an capitalist - replaced the beloved John Eustace with the erstwhile England hero, adjacent though the nine was pushing for a play-off spot.
Rather predictably, this proved to beryllium a monolithic mistake. Rooney won 2 of his 15 matches successful complaint and was dismissed conscionable 84 days aft helium was brought successful to pb the club's caller project.
Not 1 to shy distant from a challenge, Rooney again threw himself into different managerial gig, this clip with struggling second-tier outfit Plymouth Argyle.
He fared somewhat amended connected the southbound seashore but that lone proves to reenforce however atrocious his clip successful the westbound Midlands was.
Rooney managed 5 wins successful 25 matches and each but condemned the Pilgrims to relegation this season.
Most damning of each is Evra's assertion that 'when helium leaves, they win'. The erstwhile defender's jibe surely holds immoderate truth.
The coaches that person replaced Rooney person enjoyed amended triumph percentages though successful the lawsuit of Derby, Birmingham City and astir apt Plymouth, they person not been capable to flight the drop.
The 39-year-old fared lone somewhat amended astatine Plymouth but helium was relieved of his duties successful December
If the Pilgrims are looking for immoderate encouragement, Derby spent conscionable 2 seasons successful the 3rd tier, portion the Blues each but guaranteed to marque an contiguous instrumentality to the Championship this season.
After his St Andrews exit successful 2024, Rooney enactment guardant a crushed for his mediocre managerial record, highlighting conscionable however small clip helium had successful the hotseat.
'Football is simply a results concern - and I recognise they person not been astatine the level I wanted them to be,' helium wrote successful a statement. 'However, clip is the astir precious commodity a manager requires and I bash not judge 13 weeks was capable to oversee the changes that were needed.'
Rooney is yet to dip his toed backmost into the managerial pool.
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