Wayne Rooney has already made an enormous change in his first full day as Birmingham City’s new head coach.
Rooney was appointed Blues boss on Wednesday, and was unveiled to the press on Thursday afternoon. He had arrived on the coaching floor at 7.00 am, and met the gamers for the primary time on Thursday.
Several gamers missed the chance to fulfill the Manchester United legend, due to it being the worldwide break. Jordan James, Juninho Bacuna and Neil Etheridge who’re away with Wales, Curaçao and the Philippines respectively,
For those that had been current on the Wast Hills Training Ground, they had been met with some adjustments already. The 37-year-old already needs to get his toes below the desk, and a few gamers may now profit from alternatives they weren’t afforded below John Eustace.
In his press-conference, Rooney revealed that two new academy gamers have educated together with his squad at this time. He mentioned: “I actually get pleasure from growing young gamers, now we have had two lads coaching with us from the academy.
“Straight away I needed them coaching with us, I wish to see the place they’re at, I wish to develop gamers as fast as we will.”
The id of the 2 gamers was not shared, nonetheless it’s believed that Romelle Donovan is without doubt one of the gamers in query. He was a part of the first-team in pre-season, and featured in two match day squads final time period. Rooney was pictured giving him directions in a gallery of photographs uploaded from his first coaching session, and he is without doubt one of the gamers that would now get a chance.
During his time in control of Derby County, Rooney was compelled to subject a number of Rams kids who later went on to change into established first-team gamers, and he may have the identical impact at Birmingham.
Several gamers of curiosity may very well be the likes of Brandon Khela made his league debut in opposition to Huddersfield Town earlier this month, and there are a number of members of the under-21’s squad who’re knocking on the door.
