Why it all went wrong for Wayne Rooney at Plymouth as Man Utd legend suffering from ‘Glenn Hoddle syndrome’
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AND so the long goodbye for Wayne Rooney has finally come to an end. His departure from Plymouth comes as no surprise. In fact, it's been there screaming on the wall for a few weeks now. And the question now, really, is: What next for the former Manchester United man?.
![[Wayne Rooney was axed by Plymouth on New Year's Eve]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/club-league-logos-live-services-960433035.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
After all, Rooney really believed he was going to be a manager and that he was cut out for it. But at Derby County, he had a less than 30 per cent win ratio. And it's been worse everywhere he's been since then. He had a miserable time with DC United and picked up just TWO wins in 15 games at Birmingham City.
![[Rooney has been given the boot by Argyle after a mere seven months]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/club-league-logos-live-services-960430432.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
And he leaves Plymouth Argyle with the Devonshire club staring relegation back to League One full in the face. It's tough. Rooney really cares, there's no doubt about that. I spoke to him in the US 18 months ago and his enjoyment of the job was clear. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS.
![[Wazza was also given the boot by Birmingham City in January]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/wayne-rooney-manager-derby-county-869433208.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
WAYNE Rooney took the football world by storm when he made his debut for 2002 with Everton. He quickly became the club's youngest-ever goalscorer aged 16 years and 342 days and was named the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year. The striker joined Manchester United in 2004 and spent 13 years at Old Trafford. He went on to make 559 appearances for the Red Devils and scored 253 goals. To this day he is still the club's all-time leading goalscorer.
![[Wayne Rooney has the same problem Glenn Hoddle did at Spurs - that he's still better than most of the players he's coach]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tottenham-manager-glenn-hoddle-instructs-634316855.jpg?strip=all&w=683)
Following his spell with United, Rooney returned to Everton for a season. He also spent one-season stints with D.C. United and Derby County at the end of his career. As well as his impressive club career, Rooney is also England's second-highest goalscorer with 53 goals in 120 appearances, behind only Harry Kane.
![[Rooney will be licking his wounds right now but there is still hope for him]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/editorial-use-no-use-unauthorised-959008825.jpg?strip=all&w=719)
