Rooney's not an academic, but I think he is a little more erudite than common perception of him suggests he is. Remember reading a while back that on away trips, he used to take the box set of the World at War to watch and that he does have an interest in history, probably like a number of kids...
I'm not sure that's particularly true any more. Certainly, if you look at the Premier League managers right now, all of the following used to be good players and haven't disgraced themselves as managers:
Ronald Koeman
Mauricio Pochettino
Slaven Bilic
Pep Guardiola
Mark Hughes
Antonio Conte
And...
Job to say. My feeling is that he might be in the Mark Hughes kind of bracket where he will get a lot of out of his players initially because of the respect players have for him as a footballer, but perhaps as he goes on, he will get to a certain position where he finds his level.
From what you...