Wayne Rooney has been backed to become a successful Premier League boss by Phil Jagielka, who reckons crisis-club Everton should consider him.
Former Toffees defender Jagielka admits he hates to see his old club languishing in the drop zone. A run of eight Premier League games without a win cost Frank Lampard his job and left Everton looking for a seventh permanent manager since the start of the 2016/17 season.
Rooney is among the contenders tipped for the Goodison Park vacancy, along with Marcelo Bielsa, Sean Dyche and Duncan Ferguson. Jagielka played alongside Rooney at Everton and then went on to play under him in his first managerial job at Derby last term in the Championship.
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