After two years of fighting for survival at struggling Derby, Wayne Rooney found himself a new job. The famous Englishman will become the manager of DC United.The former ace of Manchester United and Everton is returning to Washington, to the team he played for in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Rooney and the team from the US capital reached an agreement, American media reported. One of England’s best footballers of this millennium was spotted at the airport in the US capital on Sunday night, another sign that the deal is done and just waiting for the official signing.DC United and Wayne Rooney have agreed on terms, multiple sources tell me tonight. Rooney, who starred for the club as a player, will be their newest manager. #DCU— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) July 11, 2022 After two years of playing in Washington, Rooney returned to his homeland in 2019. He finished his playing career in Derby County, where he also started coaching. Last season, he failed to keep the Rams in the Championship although it wasn’t Rooney’s fault. Not at all – he did all he could and he did it well but the former Premier League team fell into a financial crisis. The Englishman bravely tackled the problems, and despite the minus 21 points taken from Derby by the English Association, he fought for survival until a few rounds before the end of the strongest second-tier league in the world, but the mission was doomed to failure.##NAJAVA_MECA_6495699##After a terrible start to the season of the team from Washington, the management of DC United showed the exit doors to the Argentinian Hernan Losada. The last straw was the debacle on Saturday against Philadelphia (0-7). It was the fourth defeat in the previous five rounds in the championship for the team from the capital. Rooney will have a difficult task in starting a club that, along with Chicago Fire, currently stands in last place in the US Championship with 17 points, with a minimal chance of making the playoffs in the Eastern Conference of MLS.The next match DC United play on Thursday morning time against Columbus.Wayne Rooney has just arrived here at Dulles Int’l Airport in the DC area. He may well become DC United’s new head coach. #DCU pic.twitter.com/hZiZVQGUn4— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) July 11, 2022
