{"id":294207,"date":"2023-10-09T23:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=294207"},"modified":"2023-10-09T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:46:50","slug":"wayne-rooney-on-the-brink-of-joining-birmingham-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/wayne-rooney-on-the-brink-of-joining-birmingham-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney on the brink of joining Birmingham City"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wayne Rooney is on the brink of becoming Birmingham City boss after John Eustace is sacked by the club&#8217;s new American owners<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wayne Rooney mutually agreed to terminate his contract with DC United<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>John Eustace oversaw 21 wins in his 63 games in 15 months at St. Andrews<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wayne Rooney is set to return to English football as the new boss of Birmingham City.<\/p>\n<p>The Championship club moved a step closer to appointing Rooney, who left his job at DC United in America over the weekend, by sacking John Eustace yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The former Everton, Manchester United and England star is in talks with Birmingham&#8217;s US owners and their chief executive Garry Cook who has close links to Rooney&#8217;s agent Paul Stretford.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney has previous Championship experience in charge of Derby County, who were destined for relegation when he took over after a points deduction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Mail Sport <\/span>understands that the 37-year-old former Derby County boss \u2014 who wore a &#8216;Once a Blue Always a Blue&#8217; T-shirt in the FA Youth Cup final in 2002 \u2014 could be installed at St Andrew&#8217;s later this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/23\/76352777-12612175-Wayne_Rooney_terminated_his_contract_with_DC_United_by_mutual_ag-a-21_1696888858392.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/23\/76356157-12612175-image-m-20_1696888848578.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney terminated his contract with DC United by mutual agreement over the weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/21\/76352939-12612175-image-a-25_1696882896103.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>ohn Eustace was sacked by Birmingham City on Monday, paving the way for Rooney&#8217;s arrival<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>A section of Birmingham fans are unhappy over the club&#8217;s treatment of Eustace who leaves the team in sixth place following back-to-back wins.<\/p>\n<p>Cook met Eustace yesterday morning to inform him that his 15-month tenure was over before the club released a statement to confirm their decision.<\/p>\n<p>It concluded: &#8216;A new first-team manager will be announced in the coming days who will be responsible for creating an identity and clear &#8216;no fear&#8217; playing style that all Birmingham City teams will adopt and embrace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12612175\/Former-Derby-County-DC-United-coach-Wayne-Rooney-brink-joining-Birmingham-City-John-Eustace-sacked-club.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne Rooney is on the brink of becoming Birmingham City boss after John Eustace is sacked by the club&#8217;s new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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