Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has been warned returning to management will be "hard" after his new deal with BBC Match of the Day.

• Rooney to join MOTD
• Without a club since Plymouth exit
• Louis Saha expects him to stick to punditry

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Rooney has agreed an £800,000 deal to become a new Match of the Day pundit as the show embarks on a new era without Gary Lineker as presenter. The former Manchester United and England striker has been without a coaching job since he left Plymouth in December 2024.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Now, Rooney's former United team-mate Louis Saha has claimed that he will find it difficult to return to the dugout, and has suggested that he could be set to follow the examples of Roy Keane and Gary Neville, who left management behind to pick up a microphone.

• WHAT SAHA SAID

  Speaking to BoyleSports, who offer the latest Champions League betting, Saha said: “Wayne Rooney has some great views to share to the public, I think previously his target has been to be on the bench coaching a good team which hasn’t really worked out.

  “I think he can do a great job but it will be hard to switch back, we saw that with Roy Keane and Gary Neville, they wanted to be managers but realised it’s not that easy.

  “Gary Neville found out that he was better as a pundit than a coach, so we will see.”

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  WHAT NEXT?

  Rooney will return to our screens when the new Premier League season begins, and will also be seen in a new Disney+ documentary alongside his family.

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