Jack Pitt-Brooke

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1,018 appearances 19 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 6d ago

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If... Wayne Rooney joined Manchester City in 2010? · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

But let's say hypothetically Rooney uh Rooney was still the at City in twenty sixteen and Pep shows up um I don't know. matched

I mean I I I wouldn't like Pep was pretty pretty ruthless with with great players who he inherited who he thought were maybe past their best a bit. matched

You know Sam and matched

didn't really play at all for him. matched

I think Yayotore played for a bit. matched

Um but Pep was very, very focused on bringing in the next generation of players who he who he wanted to build around. matched

And Rooney was clearly, you know, as Andy said, like not matched

Not really himself by twenty sixteen. matched

Uh, I think that it was never clear what his best position was. matched

I think that was as true for Man United as it was for England. matched

And then I don't think there's any reason to suggest that under working under Pep in twenty sixteen things would have been very different. matched

Now, of course, if you know, i in a s in a timeline in which Rooney played for Pep earlier in his career, then I think maybe they could have they could have been brilliant together. matched

But by by twenty sixteen matched

I think he'd probably been declining for too long. matched

I think Mourinho I think Mourinho and Rooney would have got on really well um at that point. matched

I just think the way that Mourinho managed, he was so this has kind of always been true, but was particularly true then. matched

He just wants kind of experienced he wants experienced big name players who don't need a huge amount of instruction and who can make dis decisions on the pitch for matched

themselves. matched

So I think that if he'd had if he'd had Rooney at Chelsea in 2013, he would have been like I I I have no doubt that he would have been really good. matched

Like he would have felt Mourinho's trust. matched

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