This season, Derby County has a poor record in the British Championship. A few days ago, the team coach Coku also left after consulting with the club. Rooney temporarily joined the coaching staff. Rooney is currently a member of the four-man coaching staff, which also includes Liam Roller, Justin Walker and Shay, who will lead the Derby team to participate in the league in Bristol City on Saturday .
Rooney hopes to follow in the footsteps of former England teammate Lampard and permanently coach this championship team. Lampard was appointed as the coach of Derby County in the summer of 2018. Before coaching Chelsea, he led the Derby County team to the Championship final.
35-year-old Rooney said: “If I sit here and say I don’t want this job, then I’m not an ambitious person. I’m very ambitious and of course want to enter the management. In the past few years, I have Make it clear that my ambition is to get into management, especially when you see people like Gerrard, Lampard, and Parker all get a good job and do a good job."
Rooney has been here since January Derby has been serving as a player coach since he said he is not far from retirement.
Before agreeing to coach Derby County, the Premier League team, Rooney hopes that the club can assure him that the winter window opened next year can provide him with a substantial transfer fee for signings to strengthen the team. According to previous British media reports, Zayed, the cousin of the Middle East consortium and Manchester City boss Mansour, is close to acquiring the Derbyshire Club for 60 million pounds. Once the transaction is completed, the club will finally complete the promotion with the funding of the Middle East Consortium. The goal of the Premier League, and Rooney is likely to become the official coach of the team.
"We must win the next two or three games first, but if they go well, I will have a better position to nominate our players for this role. I am no longer in the twilight of my career. Now I have two roles in the dressing room, one is as a player and the other is trying to help lead the team. We will wait and see," the former Manchester United and England striker said.
