WAYNE ROONEY has started a new job in Dubai after leaving Plymouth Argyle in December.
The Manchester United star has jetted off for the February half-term break and is soaking up the sun alongside fellow former pros.
He has taken up a coaching role with Football Escapes tutoring young children at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.
Football Escapes offer a family holiday package at the hotel, with kids getting the chance to train under the tutelage of former players including Rooney, Michael Owen and Mark Noble.
Rooney ran a group through their paces on day one wearing a Football Escapes shirt, as happy parents watched on and filmed videos.
Packages cost between £7,500 to £8,650 to stay at the five-star hotel for five days.
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The hotel features multiple pitches as well as a gym and five swimming pools, including one 25m pool.
There is also a waterpark on site and a private beach attached, along with a spa that contains 10 luxurious treatment rooms.
Rooney is taking part as a coach with Football Escapes for the first time after leaving Plymouth on New Year’s Day.
He wants to return to management but revealed it would “have to be the right club”.
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Wayne Rooney’s record-breaking career
WAYNE Rooney took the football world by storm when he made his debut for 2002 with Everton.
He quickly became the club’s youngest-ever goalscorer aged 16 years and 342 days and was named the BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year.
The striker joined Manchester United in 2004 and spent 13 years at Old Trafford. He went on to make 559 appearances for the Red Devils and scored 253 goals. To this day he is still the club’s all-time leading goalscorer.
Following his spell with United, Rooney returned to Everton for a season. He also spent one-season stints with D.C. United and Derby County at the end of his career.
As well as his impressive club career, Rooney is also England’s second-highest goalscorer with 53 goals in 120 appearances, behind only Harry Kane.
After hanging up his boots, the England icon turned to a career in management.
He took charge of Derby County in 2020 and managed to just about save the club from relegation from the Championship at the end of his first season.
However, with Derby handed a 21-point deduction the following campaign, he was unable to keep them up again and subsequently left.
Then came a 15-month spell in charge of MLS side D.C. United. He failed to impress during his time in Washington and parted ways with the club at the end of the 2023 regular season.
Rooney was controversially handed the Birmingham job in October 2023, replacing John Eustace with the club doing well and sixth in the Championship table.
However, in 15 games he suffered nine defeats and managed just two wins. He was sacked in January 2024 with Birmingham down in 20th. The club were relegated to League One at the end of the campaign.
He returned to management in May with Plymouth Argyle but managed just five wins in 25 games. The United legend now finds himself out of work once again.
While he is yet to secure a new full-time job, he returned to punditry work on TV last week with Prime Video.
Rooney was part of the coverage for Manchester City’s Champions League defeat to Real Madrid as he made his debut appearance for the broadcaster.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
