English football legend Wayne Rooney has been dominating social media trends after it became public that he will be joining the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a sports pundit.
It is reported that he signed an £800,000 deal to be a pundit on Match of the Day from the 2025/2026 season.
The England icon will join the BBC’s flagship show, following Gary Lineker’s departure as its host.
The deal is said to include the opportunity for a two-year extension, while Rooney is expected to feature as a pundit on the World Cup alongside the likes of Alan Shearer, Jürgen Klinsmann, Rio Ferdinand, and Joe Hart.
The prolific striker’s new job comes after he left Plymouth as manager following abysmal performances.
The news was met with criticism from a section of football fans who questioned why Rooney would become a sports analyst after failing to impress as a manager.
Some asserted that after his managerial career faltered, he would not be in the right position to criticise players and coaches when things don’t go well.
Others mocked him for running away from coaching after terrible performances at championship sides Derby County and Plymouth to venture into sports journalism.
Based on these reasons, they believe Rooney’s credibility as a football pundit is questionable, despite his legendary status as a player for Manchester United and the Three Lions.
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He failed as a manager 🤣
— Dc CFC (@dc_dior58091) July 8, 2025
None he’s boring
— davide (@Oli35Oliver) February 7, 2025
They’re about to drag him on the TL for saying something controversial soon.
The first drag will be about his failed coaching career unfortunately.
Gonna be a long one
— Frank Akiba 🧬 (@FrankAkiba060) July 8, 2025
they really be letting anyone be a pundit these days, he’s as terrible at punditry as managing
— jj (@JGNFFC_) July 7, 2025
Hahahaha as coaching no gree em,
He should come and talk, since he has failed as a couch, at least he didn’t fail as a player.
— The•Hate•You•Preach• (@Rolexflex1) July 7, 2025
Farewell to MOTD then. The most popular show of recent times was the one when all the pundits were on strike and we got no talking at all. Putting that guy front and centre guarantees the downward trend of banality and increases the likelihood of it being cancelled.
— 🤡 OneLiner 🚂 (@__OneLiner___) July 8, 2025
Another failed manager telling managers what they’re doing wrong. How quaint. Still won’t watch.
— The Dimarco (@thedimarco76) July 7, 2025
All the pundits are failures at coaching or too scared to coach a team. But they will sit there and tell us how a team should play to win a game.
— aykeii (@aykeii1) July 7, 2025
Time to give his wild takes on football managers when he couldn’t even manage a team properly.
Classic former English player behavior. Never change. 🤣— Vinland (@MunYeahOh) July 8, 2025
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