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'He wanted to study, he wanted to work': Ryan Giggs backs former Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney to become a successful manager and claims experience working under Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho will help

Ryan Giggs has backed former Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney to be as successful a manager as he has been a player.

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 outbreak of the coronavirus.

The 34-year-old has also stepped up his pursuit of coaching qualifications since joining the Championship side, but Giggs has revealed that England's record goalscorer's coaching ambitions began when he was still at Old Trafford, and stated he showed the necessary endeavour from the outset.