Wayne Rooney offered managerial lifeline after making Man Utd ambition clear

legend is a possible contender to take over at amid pressure on Valerien Ismael, according to reports. Rooney has not coached since being in December following a torrid run of 13 defeats from 23 games, with just four victories.

The 39-year-old has had a difficult start to life as a manager after spells with Derby County, DC United and Birmingham City - where he was infamously axed after just 83 days in charge following nine losses in 15 games.

His bad luck continued at Argyle as he was left constantly under fire, with his side bottom of the table for much of the season during his tenure, before finally being sacked after a spell of six losses in a nine-game winless run.

Rooney has since been working as a pundit for the likes of the and TNT Sports but could now be offered a return to management in the Championship with Rovers. According to , Rooney is on the shortlist of managers to replace Ismael, despite the former coach only taking charge in February.

However, Ismael has only won one of his first eight games and there has been speculation he could depart should Ewood Park chiefs opt to swing the axe before the end of the season.

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Blackburn are currently 10th but they are seven points off the play-offs. When former coach John Eustace left the club in February, they were fifth in the table and looking like favourites for a top six finish.

The report goes on to say that Rooney still has ambitions to continue in management despite his difficult time in the job so far and he recently spoke out about his future plans.

"I would like to go back in [to management]," he said on the Stick to podcast in January. "But it would have to be the right club. Certainly the right club.

"I think you always have that ego, don't you? You always have that confidence you could go in and get the best out of a bad or difficult situation. Obviously, that wasn't the case [at Plymouth]. I am going to enjoy time with my family, though."

In a separate chat on Match of the Day, Rooney even insisted he wanted to take on big jobs with his former clubs at Everton or Manchester United one day, but admitted he must go through a "process" to keep improving.

"Managing Manchester United or is the aim, these big jobs are where you want to get to. But it's a process I have got to go through the steps and get myself back on track.

"I want to get myself back into management to make sure in the next 10 years I'm hopefully in a position to go into one of the big jobs."

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