{"id":293499,"date":"2023-10-19T17:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293499"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:42:08","slug":"wayne-rooney-will-look-to-outsmart-old-friend-carrick-with-blues-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/wayne-rooney-will-look-to-outsmart-old-friend-carrick-with-blues-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney will look to outsmart old friend Carrick with Blues debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wayne Rooney wants to wipe the smile off his former Man United team-mate Michael Carrick&#8217;s face when he makes his coaching debut with Birmingham City against Middlesbrough<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rooney&#8217;s first game in charge of Birmingham is a trip to Middlesbrough\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He will come up against a familiar face in ex-Man United colleague Carrick\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wayne Rooney is determined to wipe the smile from his friend Michael Carrick&#8217;s face when he takes charge of Birmingham for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The former England captain leads Blues to face Carrick&#8217;s Middlesbrough on Saturday following his dramatic return to English football earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick and Rooney forged a close bond as players for England and at Manchester United, where they won a combined 35 trophies. But there will be no room for sentiment this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Michael is a good friend of mine and I will shake his hand before and after the game but I want to beat him,&#8217; said Rooney. &#8216;He will tell you the same. We have a lot of respect for each other but we are both winners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is a very intelligent person. I spoke to him before he went to Middlesbrough last year, before he moved there. I felt it would be a really good challenge for him and he has done a really good job.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/13\/76752131-12649383-image-a-1_1697719694228.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney will come up against a familiar face in Michael Carrick when he takes charge of Birmingham City for the first time against Middlesbrough on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/15\/76756937-12649383-image-a-10_1697725643176.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carrick and Rooney are close friends after being team-mates at United for several years<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/15\/76756967-12649383-image-a-13_1697725873198.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rooney was unveiled as the new manager of Championship club Birmingham last week<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you know you want to go into coaching you start looking at the details of the game a bit more and at United we&#8217;d always be bouncing ideas off each other and asking each other questions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I spoke to Michael last weekend. We are really good friends and so are our children. I played with him for many years and we lifted the FA Cup together as captain and vice-captain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are special memories but I want to beat him. I don&#8217;t want to see him smiling at 5pm on Saturday. But of course there is great respect and it would be nice to have a good chat after the game, whatever the result.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12649383\/Wayne-Rooney-wants-wipe-smile-former-Man-United-team-mate-Michael-Carricks-face-makes-coaching-debut-Birmingham-City-against-Middlesbrough.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne Rooney wants to wipe the smile off his former Man United team-mate Michael Carrick&#8217;s face when he makes his coaching debut with Birmingham City against Middlesbrough Rooney&#8217;s first game in charge of Birmingham is a trip to Middlesbrough\u00a0\u00a0 He will come up against a familiar face in ex-Man United colleague Carrick\u00a0 Listen to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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