Rooney dismissed from Birmingham City: find out the reasons why he was fired

Former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has been dismissed from his position as coach of Birmingham City after a series of poor results, the English second division club announced on Tuesday.

Rooney, 38, was appointed last October and since then he has only achieved two victories in 15 games at the helm of Birmingham City, which is barely six points above the relegation zone, very far from the fight for the play off. promotion that the team occupied when the former international forward arrived on the bench.

The 3-0 defeat against Leeds on Monday (the ninth since Rooney’s arrival) was the trigger for the dismissal.

“Despite the efforts, the results have not lived up to expectations. “Consequently, the board of directors considers that a change in management is in the best interest of the entity,” Birmingham, a club that has NFL legend Tom Brady as one of its minority shareholders, justified in a statement.

“Football is about results and I admit that they have not been at the level I expected,” declared Rooney, with a past as a coach at Derby County and DC United in MLS.

“On a personal note, I will need time to recover from this failure,” concluded the coach, whose balance as a coach is very far from what he had as a footballer, with only 31 victories in 152 games coached.