Wayne Rooney was told in a phone call from Andrew Parkinson, Plymouth Argyle’s chief executive, late on Monday night that his time at the club was over. In truth, though, the message had been more forcibly conveyed by the club’s travelling fans at Oxford United 24 hours previously.

Wayne Rooney has been fired as Plymouth Argyle coach after just seven months in charge of the struggling Championship team.

Plymouth sit bottom of the Championship heading into 2025, four points adrift from safety, and the club chose to make a change in the dugout as a result. The role was Rooney’s fourth as a manager after Derby County, DC United and Birmingham City, and is another job he leaves without achieving any real success to speak of.

Once revered as one of Manchester United's all-time greats, Wayne Rooney finds himself at the center of mounting criticism as his managerial stint at Plymouth Argyle falters. The 39-year-old head coach,

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