WAYNE ROONEY desires a sensational return to English soccer.
And he's eyeing up the vacant job as Southampton supervisor.
Rooney, 37, left Derby final summer time to take over as DC United boss within the MLS and is presently in pre-season forward of the 2023 marketing campaign.
Nonetheless, he could possibly be able to battle it out with ex-England team-mates Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard for the gig at St Mary's.
Nathan Jones was sacked on Sunday after simply eight Premier League video games in cost following his takeover from Ralph Hasenhuttl in November.
He managed one win and 7 defeats - the most recent coming in opposition to Wolves regardless of main in opposition to ten males.
And the Welshman departed with Southampton all-time low of the Premier League
As reported by talkSPORT, Rooney would "have an interest" in taking on at Saints.
Gerrard and Lampard - axed by Aston Villa and Everton respectively this season - are additionally considered eager.
Jesse Marsch stays the odds-on favorite to succeed Jones, only a week after dropping his job at Leeds.
Mauricio Pochettino is on the shortlist for a dramatic return to the south coast with Marcelo Gallardo, Nuno Espirito Santo, Sam Allardyce and Ivan Juric among the many different candidates.
Rooney could also be deemed too inexperienced to tackle the problem of a Premier League relegation battle at this early stage of his managerial profession - simply as Everton determined.
The previous Manchester United and England captain stepped into administration as he retired from enjoying at Derby.
He led the membership to security in dramatic circumstances in 2020-21, with a 3-3 draw on the ultimate day of the season guaranteeing they stayed within the Championship.
Nonetheless, the Rams have been relegated final season after being docked 21 factors for getting into administration.
Rooney's aspect picked up 14 wins and 13 attracts which might have seen them end seventeenth.
He determined to stroll away with the membership nonetheless in monetary woes and returned to former membership DC United as supervisor final July, with the Black and Reds ending backside of the Japanese Convention and twenty eighth total out of 28 golf equipment.
Ought to Rooney get the Southampton job, although, he would substitute Gary O'Neil because the youngest supervisor presently working within the Premier League.
Saints have 15 factors from 22 video games this season with the win at Everton on January 14 simply their fourth of the season and nonetheless their solely factors since October.
They're joined within the relegation zone by Bournemouth and Everton, however managerless Leeds - in seventeenth on 19 factors - will drop in if the Toffees win tonight's Merseyside derby.
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