Training at Moor Farm was finished but Wayne Rooney, a few days after touching down at Derby County via DC United and Dubai at the end of November, was only just getting started, sending a bag of balls, one by one, flying into the top corner from the edge of the box.
It was business as usual for Rooney, finessing his free-kicks in anticipation of pulling on a Derby shirt for the first time after signing an 18-month contract as a player-coach in the summer. The past five weeks have served as a watching brief, with the former Manchester United star contained to the dugout as part of Philip Cocu’s staff. But England’s record goalscorer returned home to play, and the wait is almost over.
Written by Ben Fisher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/01/wayne-rooney-derby-county-championship under the title “Wayne Rooney set for Derby debut as Championship gets a new superstar | Ben Fisher”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
