Roo has no fear of challenge!

By Chris Dunlavy

Wayne Rooney arrives at Birmingham City hailed by the club’s American owners as a ‘world-class manager’ who will create an ‘identity’ and ‘no-fear’ playing style.
Predecessor John Eustace clearly did not fulfil the brief and was ruthlessly jettisoned despite guiding the Blues to sixth place. No pressure there, then.
“I love the challenge,” Rooney insisted at Thursday’s unveiling. “I love the pressure of it. That is something I have dealt with since I was a young kid, coming through from 16 years of age.”
Indeed it is, yet those who observed Rooney during his two spells at...

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