Sky Sports News reporter Rob Dorsett analyses why Wayne Rooney is the ideal candidate to take over at Birmingham after John Eustace's sacking.
Wayne Rooney and Birmingham City are the perfect pairing right now. Both at a crucial crossroads, and each having big ambitions for the future. The sacking of John Eustace was explained by Birmingham's chief executive, Garry Cook, who said the previous head coach was 'misaligned' with the club's leadership team, on a number of key points.
Inspirational, just in his very being at a football club. And when he became manager at Derby, he was the uniting force that held the squad together, when the team was handed a 21-point deduction, and was ultimately relegated. By all accounts, the Derby players loved him, and rallied behind his leadership, even though it didn't quite manage to achieve the impossible, of staying up.
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