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Wayne Rooney has been confirmed as the new manager of Birmingham City. The Championship club’s new owners dismissed head coach John Eustace on Monday despite an impressive start to the season citing the need for “a winning mentality” and “a culture of ambition” at the club. The former England captain, 37, departed Major League Soccer side D.C. United by mutual agreement on Saturday night and now returns to English football’s second tier where he managed Derby County for two years between 2020 and 2022. Read more below...

Wayne Rooney will return to management in England after being appointed manager of Championship side Birmingham City on a three and half years deal, the club

The newly appointed Birmingham City manager, Wayne Rooney, has said their target is to return to the Premier League. Rooney signed a three-and-a-half-year

John Eustace had a good job offer this summer — another Sky Bet Championship club, more money — but backed himself to win over the new owners of Birmingham City. With the club sitting sixth after comfortably beating their rivals West Bromwich Albion live on television on Friday night, his mission was going admirably well.

Rooney, speaking for the first time since yesterday’s appointment, added that he could have returned to English football sooner than with Birmingham City.“I had opportunities over the past four to six weeks to do that (return to English football),” the former England captain said, “but since speaking to Birmingham and seeing the ambitions of the club, it excited me. “I want to be successful, it’s clear the club want to be successful and everything we spoke about was very similar. It was a really easy decision.”