{"id":290588,"date":"2023-10-09T10:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290588"},"modified":"2023-10-09T10:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:07:26","slug":"football-rumours-wayne-rooney-in-the-running-for-birmingham-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/football-rumours-wayne-rooney-in-the-running-for-birmingham-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Football rumours: Wayne Rooney in the running for Birmingham job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/football\/football-thumb\/football-thumb.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter <\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Football email<\/h2>\n<h2>What the papers say<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Wayne Rooney<\/strong> is in the running to become Birmingham manager, the Times reports. The former England and Manchester United captain is looking for a now role after leaving MLS side DC United.<\/p>\n<p>The Mirror says Rooney would bring former Chelsea left-back <strong>Ashley Cole<\/strong> and former Manchester United team-mate <strong>John O\u2019Shea<\/strong> with him if he is to get the job.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Manchester United are reportedly keeping an eye on Palmeiras midfielder <strong>Luis Guilherme<\/strong> and Flamengo winger <strong>Lorran<\/strong>, who are both 17, according the the Daily Star. The Brazilian teenagers could cost the club a combined \u00a3100million.<\/p>\n<h2>Social media round-up<\/h2>\n<h2>Players to watch<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong>: Inter Miami head coach Tata Martino says he knows nothing about rumours linking the Argentina forward to Barcelona on a loan deal, Goal reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Clarke<\/strong>: North-East publication the Chronicle says Sunderland face a fight to keep the winger amid interest from Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/wayne-rooney-birmingham-ashley-cole-dc-united-mls-b2426379.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290587,"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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