Wayne Rooney Reveals Using Football Manager to Discover New Talent in Real Life

Legend of English football and current coach of DC United in the United States, former player Wayne Rooney revealed that he uses the Football Manager game to discover new talent in real life. In an interview, Rooney said he has an agreement with the owners of the game, where information from scouts about players is passed on to him and DC United in exchange for publicity.

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— A lot of the market is in South America, and we’ve done a deal with Football Manager where we give them publicity and they give us access to scouts, 11 or 12 of them, that they use in different places around the world to help . They create the game. José Mourinho has done something similar in the past – said Wayne Rooney in an interview with the American newspaper The Times.

Football Manager is a simulator developed by Sports Interactive for managing the life of a football coach. Unlike games like FIFA and eFootball, the player does not control the team on the field in Football Manager, but lives the life of a football coach.

This dynamic and the complexity of the game make professionals like Wayne Rooney seek more information about the game for practical applications in real life. Will Still, current coach of Reims, from Ligue 1, the top division of French football, became a professional coach after years of experience in the simulation game.

Wayne Rooney was announced as coach of DC United in July 2022, a club that had already worn the shirt between 2018 and 2019 and scored 25 goals in 52 matches. The first season of the legendary Manchester United player as a coach in the American team has been well evaluated, as the team fights for a place in the playoffs of Major League Soccer (MLS) 2023, the main soccer championship in the United States.

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The proximity of Rooney’s coaching staff to Football Manager could have a major influence on the signing policy of DC United, which has signed more than ten players for the current season.

2023-07-18 10:01:03
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