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Wayne Rooney has been sacked as Plymouth Argyle manager with the club languishing at the bottom of the Championship table.
The former England and Manchester United captain was appointed to the Devon-based outfit over the summer, for his third stint in the English second-tier after managing Derby and Birmingham.
Rooney oversaw only 25 matches in all competitions, with his side having recorded just five wins.
Plymouth are currently bottom of the Championship with four wins this season, with the Pilgrims having suffered 13 league defeats.
‘Plymouth Argyle can confirm that the club and Head Coach Wayne Rooney have mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect,’ a club statement read.
Departing the club with Rooney will be Assistant Head Coach Mike Phelan and first team coach Simon Ireland.
Rooney, 39, yesterday hit back at speculation suggesting that he took a mystery woman back to his upmarket flat
‘We would like to thank Wayne and his team for all their efforts and wish them well for the future.’
Rooney said: ‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Plymouth Argyle Football Club, in particular Simon Hallett and Neil Dewsnip who I shared great relationships with.
Thanks also to all the staff who made me feel welcome and who make the club such a special place, the players and fans for their efforts and support during my time as Head Coach and I wish them all the best for the future.
‘To the Green Army thanks for making the games at Home Park so special, they are memories that we will share forever.
I would also like to give a special mention to my coaching staff Kevin Nancekivell, Simon Ireland, Darryl Flahavan and Mike Phelan for their knowledge, dedication, help and support.
‘Plymouth Argyle will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will continue to look out for and take interest in their results.’
Rooney’s dismissal will serve as a major blow to the former Man United and England captain’s managerial ambitions.
The 39-year-old had been hoping to bounce back from a disastrous 15 game spell as Birmingham manager last season, where he was ultimately sacked on January 2.
Rooney has been living in an upmarket rented flat in the Devon city since taking over as head coach of the club this summer, as he sought to rebuild his managerial career.
While his loft-style apartment is luxurious and comfortable, it is a far cry from Rooney’s £20 million six-bedroom Cheshire mansion which boasts a snooker room, a home cinema, indoor swimming pool, an underground spa, wine cellar, a stable area with space for 14 horses and a football pitch.
Away from the training ground Rooney has regularly been spotted on nights out around the city including belting out Ed Sheeran songs during a karaoke night at the Cider Press bar in August.
But his ‘bachelor lifestyle’ hundreds of miles from home has also reportedly been causing concern to those close to him, including his wife Coleen.
Rooney on Monday hit back at speculation suggesting that he took a mystery woman back to his upmarket flat, insisting it’s ‘simply not true’ he entered alone.
Post on Instagramthe star said: ‘I am aware of a video circulating online. The video shows a man and woman looking around my apartment.
The couple kindly gave me a lift home and were there at the same time as my son who was visiting. Footage is from last summer.
It is annoying that at least one newspaper has chosen to edit the footage to make it appear as though a woman entered the apartment on her own.
‘That is simply not true.’
Rooney seen sitting with a group of women during a night out in a pub
Rooney seen sitting with a group of women during a night out in a pub
Rooney was spotted earlier this year singing karaoke in a pub
In the clip – viewed more than two million times after being shared on X – Rooney, 39, is wearing a gray tracksuit and baseball cap and can be seen unlocking a door while a woman with strawberry blonde hair waits behind him.
The woman’s face cannot be seen in the video, which then cuts to Rooney inside the flat as he stands in front of a large TV next to a bare stone wall.
Coleen, 38, recently spent a month in the I’m A Celeb jungle where she finished second behind Danny Jones of McFly.
While she was away in the Australian jungle, their four children lived with her parents due to Wayne’s work commitments.
One customer in a bar close to Wayne’s rented home in the city previously told MailOnline that ‘he comes in quite often for a few drinks’, adding: ‘He’s definitely put on some weight since he’s been down here, maybe he’s getting stuck into the pasties.’
Isolated from his roots in Merseyside and after making a slow start to the high-pressure job, since arriving in the summer Rooney has been regularly spotted enjoying nights out in the city’s bars and nightclubs including quiz nights and karaoke nights belting out his favorite Ed Sheeran hits including Shape of You.
Video posted on social media shows Rooney urging the crowd to ‘make some f***ing noise, baby’.
