Wayne Rooney is in talks with the BBC to combine Match of the Day as a pundit chaseing his departure from Plymouth Argyle, according to alerts.
The 39-year-greater is exploring a shift to the programme ahead of Gary Lineker’s exit at the finish of the current season.
Rooney was neglected as Plymouth administerr in postponecessitate 2024, with the Championship club sitting at the bottom of the table.
The Manchester United legfinish could achieve up to £200,000 annuassociate for the role, with the exact amount depfinishing on his number of ecombineances, according to The Sun.
Wayne Rooney is in talks with the BBC to combine Match of the Day as a pundit chaseing his departure from Plymouth Argyle
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The createer striker is set to combine novel presents Gabby Logan, Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates as a rotating guest pundit on the BBC highairys show.
A source shut to the negotiations shelp: “Punditry is one of a number of selections uncover to Wayne for the future.”
“Match of the Day and a couple of other widecasters are interested in having him on their programming,” the source compriseed.
The talks are alertedly in their punctual stages but are “seeing promising” as Rooney ponders his next atsoft shift.
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Wayne Rooney is currently out of toil having been sacked by Plymouth at the finish of 2024
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The source also shelp Rooney had been a ‘huge hit’ with watchers after toiling as a pundit during the European Championships last summer.
He covered group stage games before leaving to begin his job at Plymouth.
“He’s also eminently enjoyable with a forensic comprehendledge and cherish of the game,” the source persistd.
Rooney was initiassociate scheduled to create his Match of the Day debut last April but had to retreat due to a back injury.
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The potential shift comes as his wife Coleen, 38, has been receiving many advises chaseing her runner-up finish in I’m A Celebrity.
“This is going to be a massively exciting year for Coleen and Wayne – they have so many selections ahead of them,” a source shelp.
Speaking recently, uncomferventwhile, Dwight Yorke criticised Rooney for toiling in television while he was Plymouth administerr – with the 39-year-greater making ecombineances on the Stick to Football podcast.
“The Wayne Rooney situation baffles me a bit,” he shelp.
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“I had a fantastic deal of esteem for Rooney, I comprehend him well enough.
“Sometimes, you try your hand at slfinishergs and it doesn’t toil out. Similar to joiners, you try a position and it’s not right.
“I studied Rooney’s coaching and I slfinisherk when you get into administerment, you ask certain slfinishergs that he did.
“Everyone has their own way of doing slfinishergs, I equitable slfinisherk when he does slfinishergs in the media, it doesn’t help himself becaengage he’s such a huge profile already.
Wayne Rooney and Coleen Rooney are set for an ‘exciting’ 2025 despite his recent departure from Plymouth
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“The fantasticest administerrs in the Premier League, you don’t see them doing media duties, they are filledy intensifyed and pledgeted to their jobs.
“If you’re not pledgeted, then you’re combat a losing battle.
“Maybe Rooney has to put his hands up and say he’s not as excellent as he thought he’d be as a administerr, his prosper rate percentage is alarming.
“The odds are aachievest him, but it is Rooney so you can never say never.”
