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Wayne Rooney has thanked Plymouth Argyle’s followers for “reminiscences that we’ll share endlessly” after ending his 25-match reign as supervisor with the membership backside of the Championship and 4 factors from security.
Managerial rookie Rooney was underneath strain after overseeing a run of 1 win in 14 matches, together with a 2-0 defeat at relegation rivals Oxford United on Sunday that was Argyle’s fourth successive away loss with out scoring.
“To the Inexperienced Military, thanks for making the video games at Dwelling Park so particular,” mentioned the 39-year-old, who additionally praised his teaching employees, membership chairman Simon Hallett and director of soccer Neil Dewsnip.
“They’re reminiscences that we’ll share endlessly. Plymouth Argyle will all the time maintain a particular place in my coronary heart, and I’ll proceed to look out for and take curiosity of their outcomes.”
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Rooney leaves Plymouth
Rooney, assistant supervisor Mike Phelan and coach Simon Eire have left The Pilgrims by mutual consent, with first crew coach Kevin Nancekivell and membership captain Joe Edwards taking cost for the go to of Bristol Metropolis on Wednesday (12.30pm GMT) and Daryl Flahavan persevering with as goalkeeping coach.
Phelan had coached Rooney throughout his time as Manchester United assistant supervisor, first underneath Sir Alex Ferguson between 2008 and 2013 and later for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick between 2018 and 2022.
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United’s all-time high scorer described becoming a member of Argyle as “the right subsequent step in my profession” when he was surprisingly given the job in Might.
Hallett mentioned Rooney’s “ambitions and goals” have been an ideal match for the membership, including that he would offer an “thrilling and attacking model of soccer that all of us wish to see and assist us obtain the membership’s mission”.
Steven Schumacher led Plymouth to promotion in 2023 earlier than leaving in December that 12 months to affix Stoke Metropolis, along with his alternative, Ian Foster, taking on for a dismal three-month tenure earlier than an interim managerial crew secured security on the ultimate day of final season.
Beginning with a 4-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday as a part of a four-game winless run, Argyle have struggled all through the marketing campaign and by no means secured consecutive wins underneath Rooney.
They earned successive dwelling victories over Sunderland and Luton City in September and beat fourth-tier Cheltenham City to succeed in the second spherical of the Carabao Cup, however haven’t gained since beating Portsmouth 1-0 at dwelling on November 5.
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