Wayne Rooney said he was “hurting” and accepted “you have to look at every possible outcome” after yet another defeat on the road left his Plymouth Argyle rooted to the bottom of the Championship. Argyle lost 2-0 to a resurgent Oxford United,

Former Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney has been dismissed as manager of Championship club Plymouth Argyle. ‘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,’ Rooney told Plymouth’s official website.

Less than 250 days after being appointed as the new manager of Plymouth Argyle, Wayne Rooney has departed by mutual consent, the club announced. He leaves a club sitting at the bottom of the Championship after conceding a league-high 51 goals while also scoring the joint-fewest goals with 22.

Argyle had hoped to raise their global profile and secure a windfall by selling the documentary to a streaming service

Wayne Rooney was fired as Plymouth Argyle coach on Tuesday after just seven months in charge of the struggling Championship team.

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Wayne Rooney has today left Plymouth Argyle by mutual consent after a disastrous run of results which has left the club at the bottom of the Championship.

Former Manchester United defender has tipped Wayne Rooney to make a sensational return to the Premier League as a specialist coach, following his sacking as Plymouth manager. Rooney was fired from the Championship club after only 25 games in charge last month.

James Vickery and Alan Richardson are joined by former Argyle left-back Brian McGlinchey and Pilgrims' supporter Jo Benwell