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.

Wayne Rooney is the star attraction as the Derby County player-coach comes up against his former side Manchester United in the FA Cup. Follow all the updates here with Sportsmail.

The TV personality, 33, was joined by her son Kai, 10, for the match as they turned out to support Wayne who plays for Derby on Thursday.

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.

Boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Manchester United must compete on three fronts after Thursday's FA Cup win at Derby County.

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.

Wayne Rooney has criticised the government and the football authorities for treating players as 'guinea pigs' in their confused message over the coronavirus outbreak.

Cristiano Ronaldo is known to have an incredibly healthy lifestyle, but Wayne Rooney remembers taking the Portguese superstar to McDonald's as he looked to add weight.

The couple showed off their latest splurge as they took their £100,000 Mercedes GLS 580 for a spin on Tuesday.

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, 34, paid tribute to his wife Coleen, 33, with a sweet Mother's Day post of her and their four boys shared on Instagram on Sunday.

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.

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.

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.

Fabio Capello has given a frank account of England's 2010 World Cup campaign and has admitted that it pained him to put David James in goal following Robert Green's error against the United States.

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.

There were calls earlier this week, most notably from Matt Hancock, for players to give up a chunk of their wages, with the health secretary urging Premier League footballers to 'do their bit'.

There have been calls for players to give up a chunk of their wages in recent days, with the Premier League also suggesting that they should take a pay cut of 30 per cent amid the coronavirus crisis.

England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney has been warned by police after he broke coronavirus lockdown rules to meet Manchester City defender Kyle Walker, who was caught having a £2,000 sex party last week.

Wayne Rooney, 34, lodged plans to build the structure on his six-bedroom estate in Cheshire in July 2018, but locals were worried the development would be an eyesore in the idyllic countryside.

Sources say the problem with construction surrounds building supply deliveries for work on the 40 acre site in Cheshire being disrupted due to the coronavirus 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.

Gary Neville has recalled the time he tried to relinquish his captaincy duties at United only for Ferguson to emphatically shut him down as he was worried of feuds breaking in the camp.

Gary Neville has revealed that Wayne Rooney ended up having a fight during a Manchester United team night out despite being 'man marked' by a security guard.

Hart is one of a number of Burnley players set to be out of contract in the summer as the 32-year-old's miserable spell at Turf Moor comes to an end.

The 72-year-old Swede has watched on in recent years as the likes of Gareth Southgate, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard have taken on jobs at the highest level.

The goal most people remember from Rooney's distinguished United career was a match-winning overhead kick in the Manchester derby, but his best goal in terms of footballing craft is different.

Current Derby player-coach Rooney set aside his personal friendship with Juventus talisman Ronaldo and reasoned that Messi is the better player due to his ability to 'torture' his opponents.

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.

Rooney, 34, has played an active part in boss Phillip Cocu's tactical discussions and has won immediate admiration from the Rams squad for how he has played - and behaved - during his stint at the club.

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Sportsmail exclusively revealed how Rooney was acting on behalf of the squad in their battle against proposals to impose a 50 per cent wage deferral.

The couple, both aged 34, got together with their sons Kai, ten, Klay, six, Kit, four, and Cass, two, on their doorstep as they joined  millions across the nation at 8pm to applaud the heroes across the country.

Roy Keane admitted that he never got on well with former Manchester United teammates Wayne Rooney or Rio Ferdinand as he never understood their 'banter'.

Wayne, who left school without any GCSEs has been taking charge of maths and science lessons as he isolates with wife Colleen and their boys  Kai, ten, Klay, six, Kit, four, and Cass, two. 

Sportsmail revealed last week that former England skipper Rooney was at the centre of tense talks with the Championship side, who had proposed 50 per cent wage deferrals to protect the club.

Derby County's first-team players and management have reached the end of their dramatic stand-off with the club by agreeing 'substantial' deferrals to their wages to help the Championship side.

Rooney joined Derby County on an 18-month player-coach contract from MLS side DC United in January and was working closely with the club's first-team coaching staff before the coronavirus outbreak.

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.

The singer, 28, supported his favourite football team as they went up against AFC Wimbledon for the Sky Bet League One at Portman Road Stadium in Ipswich on Tuesday.

Brooklyn Beckham and his model girlfriend Hana Cross are alleged to have split. An insider told MailOnline the pair have called it quits following a string of public rows over the last few months

The budding photographer, 20, appeared carefree as he posed for the now-deleted shots of himself, which he had captioned with two simple love hearts

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The Duchess of Cambridge's stunning white dress which she wore to the second day of Wimbledon this year is now on sale on the Suzannah website for £1,850.

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.

Simona Halep's advice to Taylor Townsend came back to bite her after the American qualifier dumped the Wimbledon champion out of the US Open.