Wayne Rooney insists he is "very calm" as a manager, despite being sent off while watching his Plymouth Argyle side this season.
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Rooney sent off against BlackburnPlymouth 14th in the ChampionshipEx-Man Utd star insists he has mellowedFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
The Argyle boss maintains that he is a "very calm" manager, in an interview recorded the week after he was sent off against Blackburn. The ex-Manchester United captain was shown the red card for protesting Rovers' late equaliser too vehemently to the fourth official. Plymouth went on to snatch victory with a 97th-minute winner.
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Rooney was a notoriously hot-headed player and was sent off on no fewer than eight occasions. Perhaps the most infamous came when he was dismissed in a Euro 2004 quarter-final against Portugal, and he received his first managerial dismissal last weekend, though he maintains he has mellowed.
WHAT ROONEY SAID
Rooney told : "I think as a manager, of course, you want to be the best you can be. Firstly, you want your players going out on the pitch and representing you, and your character and your beliefs. I think what I've tried to do at the clubs I've been at is be a possession-based team but with a purpose.
"I think that's important, that you're not just passing the ball for the sake of it and you're always trying to find ways and solutions to affect the play in the final third, I think that's the most important part of the pitch. So I'm very calm! I'm very calm as a person and a manager which is a bit different to what I was as a player. Very affirmative as well."
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Plymouth face Cardiff City on Saturday, October 19, but Rooney could be absent from the touchline after his red card. If he is, he will likely return to the bench against Millwall in midweek.