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Wayne Rooney has dropped a major hint over his future as a football manager on the back of his disastrous stints at Birmingham and Plymouth.
The Manchester United icon has led four sides since his retirement in 2021, but has struggled to make any of his spells work, and remains without a club since leaving his last role.
Rooney, 39, left Plymouth after just 25 games in charge with the club bottom of the Championship on New Year's Eve. He won just five of his matches, but departed despite being a popular figure at the club.
Before that, he had worked at Birmingham under minority investor Tom Brady, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with the then-Championship club. They were sixth at the time, and was sacked less than three months into the role with his team 20th in the table. Both Birmingham and Plymouth were relegated in the year Rooney led them.
He also had stints at DC United in the United States and Derby County, but has played a part in relegations at all three of the English clubs he has coached.
Now, the former England captain has given an update on his future after stunning back on the field at Old Trafford in Soccer Aid at the weekend.
Wayne Rooney has given a major hint on his managerial future after starring at Soccer AId
Rooney has not managed since leaving Plymouth in December - the third Football League side he has played a part in the relegation of
The Manchester United legend has since returned to punditry duty with Amazon Prime Video
Speaking to talkSPORT, Rooney said: 'Obviously just doing some TV work at the minute, so that's what I'm doing.
'I'm enjoying it. So, that's where I'll be.'
Since leaving Plymouth, he has gone back into punditry, working with Amazon Prime Video following brief stints at the like of Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
Rooney was lauded after opening the scoring in front of the Stretford End at Old Trafford in Soccer Aid, before ex-Lionesses star Toni Duggan doubled the home side's lead.
Jermain Defoe bagged a brace for England after the break but the second half belonged to pantomime villain Carlos Tevez.
The Tevez show - which saw the former Red Devil, who swapped Manchester red for blue and Manchester City, score four goals - ended with him clattering into Aaron Lennon late in the game in a desperate — and successful — effort to deny the ex-Spurs winger an equaliser.
Referee Rebecca Welch showed Tevez a yellow card, although the crowd demanded a red.
