Wayne Rooney officially forced to resign from his role as Plymouth head coach due to poor performances..

Plymouth announced on its official website on Thursday that its head coach Wayne Rooney, former Manchester United and England legendary international center forward, has resigned.

According to Plymouth's official statement, the club is very grateful for Rooney's past contributions to the team and wishes him the best in the future.

With this personnel change, assistant coach Mike Phelan will also leave the club immediately.

First-team coach Kevin Nancekivell and captain Joe Edwards will temporarily take over the position of interim head coach. Until the new head coach is announced, Plymouth will no longer respond to the reason for Rooney's resignation.

In addition, according to the news brought by Sky Sports although Plymouth is unwilling to disclose the reason for Rooney's resignation, journalists have learned from insiders that Rooney was forced to resign due to poor performances. There is also a saying which alleged that he was actually sacked, but Plymouth explained the reason for Rooney's departure as "resignation" because they wanted to save his face.

This statement also means that Rooney's coaching career at Plymouth lasted only 7 months.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second time in a row that Rooney has been forced to resign due to poor performances. Last season, he was also forced to resign for causing Birmingham City to be relegated.

What's worse, like Birmingham City, before Rooney took over as head coach, Plymouth is a club that was expected to compete for EFL Championship promotion play-off spots. However, after the Red Devils and Three Lions legend took over as the head coach of the club, the Pilgrims' performance did not improve but seriously regressed, ranking at the bottom of the table, thus this also made many fans and media question Rooney's coaching abilities.