Wayne Rooney has set his sights on playing as long as he can as he prepares to make his debut for Derby County.

Wayne Rooney impressed on his Derby County debut as he provided a stunning assist in a 2-1 win over Barnsley at Pride Park. Rooney was handed the captain's armband for his first appearance for club.

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT PRIDE PARK: Wayne Rooney could not manage a goal on his return to English football but produced two moments of quality that showed he can still make an impact.

Wayne Rooney says he wants to 'play in every game' after making an impressive debut for Derby County in their 2-1 win over Barnsley and is happy to be the club's new permanent captain.

The former England captain played his first game for Championship side Derby County on Thursday as part of a £7.8million tie-up with Gibraltar-based betting firm 32Red.

Wayne Rooney has been accused of dying his hair, and even having a transplant by fans on social media. Within three days his beard was transformed for the match in Derby on Thursday.

Wayne looked smart as he wore an all-blue tracksuit with black Nike trainers as he proudly held his toiletries in the tailor-made bag.

DANNY MURPHY: Eric Cantona or Wayne Rooney, Luis Suarez or Fernando Torres, Peter Schmeichel or David de Gea? Do you agree with his selections?

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Derby County are being investigated by the Charity Commission over links between the club's community programme and main sponsor 32Red.

Wayne Rooney scored his first goal back in English football on Tuesday night but he could not prevent Derby from losing away at bottom-placed Luton in the Championship.

PSG forward Angel Di Maria has lined up alongside some of the best players in the history of the game, but he believes Argentina team-mate and Barcelona icon Lionel Messi is the greatest. 

SPECIAL REPORT BY IAN HERBERT - Wayne Rooney's football world is now unrecognisable from anything he has known. No fans wait outside the Derby training ground. No shirts bear his name.

Taking to Instagram, footballer celebrated their lengthy relationship with the hashtag #18years to highlight the fact that they began dating while still teenagers

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told Manchester United to watch out for Wayne Rooney in Thursday's FA Cup fifth round clash at Derby, warning: 'He wants to prove there is still fight in the old dog.'

INTERVIEW BY IAN HERBERT: Rooney, who faces United as Derby's player-coach in the FA Cup Fifth Round, cited Liverpool - a club he has no love for - as one of the models of success.

INTERVIEW BY IAN HERBERT: It's when Rooney is asked whether Sir Alex Ferguson's old man-management ruses make more sense to him, now he is a player-coach, with Derby County.

As Jadon Sancho shines for Borussia Dortmund, we've rated the 20 most expensive teenagers in football history, featuring no fewer than five Manchester United signings.

CHRIS WHEELER AT PRIDE PARK: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was right about Wayne Rooney. There is still fight in the old dog. The problem for Rooney is that Man Utd have a bit of bite themselves.

Manchester United fans decided to take aim at goalkeeper Sergio Romero after he denied Wayne Rooney a late consolation in their 3-0 FA Cup fifth round win over Derby. 

Derby County did not need Wayne Rooney as they boosted their play-off hopes with another impressive display by teenager Louie Sibley on his full League debut.

The former Manchester United star lavished praise on the club's arch-rivals, who appear set to claim their first league crown in 30 years, and says that the season may even run until the end of the year.

Wayne Rooney revealed he's been getting stuck in to homeschooling his four sons on Monday, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Kai Rooney, 10, appears to be following in his dad Wayne's footsteps as his mum Coleen shared a video of him taking part in the Tik Tok toilet roll challenge on Thursday.

Harry Kane has suggested he may leave Tottenham in order to achieve his ambitions in the game. But would the England captain be better off at a Premier League rivals or moving overseas?

Wayne Rooney, 34, has been given the green light to improve the security around his new £20million mega-mansion after residents initially opposed the proposal.

Bruno Fernandes has taken English football by storm following his £68million arrival from Sporting Lisbon, winning Premier League Player of the Month for February straight away.

Caesar's Entertainment, which runs eight UK casinos including at the Playboy Club in Mayfair, will pay £13m for failing to protect customers it designated as VIPs and prevent money laundering.

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has recalled the time he thought Wayne Rooney's time at the club was over, seven years before he actually left.

Wayne Rooney says Cristiano Ronaldo's infamous 'wink' after he was sent off in the 2006 World Cup brought the pair closer together and inspired years of Manchester United glory.

Prior to making the move to England in 2006 Berbatov impressed for German outfit Bayer Leverkusen. The former Bulgaria international has opened up on his time at the club.

Marcus Rashford, just like many of us right now, has amusingly admitted he is trying to balance his Netflix schedule so that he doesn't get bored too quickly during the lockdown.

The former Manchester United frontman was embroiled in a lengthy feud over his home, but has been handed permission to build a shed to store the vehicle in by Cheshire East council.

INTERVIEW: Matthew Briggs was the Premier League's youngest player at 16 years and 65 days but slipped down the leagues and on to a building site after anxiety took its grip.

Wayne Rooney believes Harry Kane will break his England goalscoring record. The former Manchester United striker currently holds the accolade having scored 53 goals in 120 appearances.

Wayne Rooney has recalled the abilities of his former Manchester United colleague Ravel Morrison with the highest praise. And he's far from alone in remembering how good Morrison used to be.

The wife of Wayne Rooney, 34, and wife of Jamie Vardy, 38, are said to be holding an arbitration hearing via Zoom in a bid to avoid an expensive court case.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Jo Konta has found that a spat with a reporter during Wimbledon earned her more support from the public than when she went a stage better at the tournament two years ago.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Serena Williams loftily dismissed the man who tried to discipline her in last year's tumultuous championship match at Flushing Meadows following her victory.

Bury supporters have been advised keeping Gigg Lane is key to starting a phoenix club after the Shakers' English Football League membership was withdrawn at 11pm on Tuesday night.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Roger Federer entertained Dan Evans to some private practice sessions earlier this year, and then gave him a contrastingly public schooling on Friday night.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Britain's top doubles pair came back from 2-5 down in the deciding set on Wednesday night to beat Americans Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow.

Andy Murray is taking the anti-ageing drug collagen in his battle to return to the top in tennis following hip surgery.

The teenage tennis star talked about the 'best summer [she's] ever had,' admitting she's freaked out over attention from famous people like the former first lady and Jaden Smith.

Instagram model Tammy Hembrow may want to brush up on her tennis etiquette if she ever hopes to join some of the world's most elite stars at Wimbledon.

The huge outlay required in prize money has not been matched by increases in ticket sales, meaning the tournament has been operating at a loss as revealed by Sportsmail last month.

Nicky Morgan said she wants to 'build on the momentum' of the Women's World Cup and inspire wider audiences with achievements of female stars. Pictured: Ellen White of England.

Carolina Lewis, from New Zealand, was visiting Washington DC when she unexpectedly died.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: So keen is Speaker John Bercow to join the tennis elite, I can reveal he even made a bid to become a member of the All England Croquet And Lawn Tennis club.

The hardman footballer-turned-actor told the Sunday Mirror he cried 'almost every night' since his wife of 25 years died in their Hollywood home on July 6.

EXCLUSIVE: As the 2019 tennis season draws to a close, it is time to look back. Sportsmail sat down with Milos Raonic, Tim Henman and Katie Boulter to find out their player of the year and plenty more...