Wayne Rooney sacked by Birmingham City

Birmingham World reporter Charlie Haffenden reacts as Wayne Rooney is sacked by Birmingham City.

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00:00 Birmingham City have officially sacked Wayne Rooney as manager today. 83 days was all it

00:06 took for his era to end. He was meant to be spearheading the new time now under the new

00:11 ownership but it has not gone to plan at all. Gary Cook, CEO, announcing it today saying

00:16 he was hoping that Rooney would be the man to take the club forward but it has not gone

00:21 as expected and the performances and the results have not been good enough. Rooney has said

00:26 in a statement that he believes he wasn't given enough time. He thanks the club for

00:30 the opportunity and says it will take him a while to get over this as he thinks 13 weeks

00:34 is not sufficient for a manager to make a difference. But the news is today that Wayne

00:39 Rooney is gone. Carla Robinson, first team coach, has also left the club and decisions

00:43 await to be announced as well for the likes of John O'Shea and Ashley Cole who join Rooney

00:48 at St Andrews.