Manchester United Legend Will Be Pep Guardiola's Assistant At Manchester City?

Pep Guardiola opened the door for Wayne Rooney to Manchester City as assistant manager (Instagram/@petteam).

JAKARTA - Manchester City opened the door wide for Manchester United Legend, Wayne Rooney, to become Pep Guardiola's assistant manager.

Rooney recently praised The Citizens boss. Responding to the praise, Guardiola invited the former Red Devils player to Etihad.

The Spanish manager is delighted to wait for Rooney's arrival to see how City works.

Rooney is known to be unemployed after being fired from the seat of Birmingham City Manager in October 2024. His chances of joining The Citizens as assistant manager are now open.

"I don't know where he lives. That's Cheshire? So, it's close."

"He can come at any time, he is very welcome," Guardiola said at The Sun.

Guardiola has spent eight years in England and knows how respected Rooney is as a player.

Rooney currently wants to hone his managerial skills. Guardiola is certainly the right person to study in after he headed Derby County, DC United, and Birmingham City.

"For our city, of course he (Rooney) is important. However, he is a Red Devil, he is United, but of course it is good for all of us."

"Wayne Rooney has been one of the greatest players in the country of all time. So if he gives credit to all of us, that's good."

"He worked here for years. So he knows. He won a lot of the Premier League."

"That means he knows how difficult it is to be up there. That's why he knows how difficult it is," Guardiola said again.

Rooney thinks Guardiola is a good manager to set an example. The reason is clear, he saw how successful Mikel Arteta was at Arsenal.

Arteta has been rebuilding the Gunners since 2019. Prior to his success at Arsenal, he spent three years as assistant coach of Guardiola.

"You see what Arteta is doing now. I'm very sure most of it comes from Guardiola's learning and it depends on the situation," Rooney said.