Derby hoping to secure Rooney’s return to England from MLS

By: The Associated Press Posted: 6:43 AM CDT Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019 Last Modified: 10:50 AM CDT Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019

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DERBY, England - Wayne Rooney is closing in on a return to England as player-coach at second-tier side Derby County from January and leaving DC United at the end of the Major League Soccer season.

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DERBY, England - Wayne Rooney is closing in on a return to England as player-coach at second-tier side Derby County from January and leaving DC United at the end of the Major League Soccer season.

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DERBY, England – Wayne Rooney is closing in on a return to England as player-coach at second-tier side Derby County from January and leaving DC United at the end of the Major League Soccer season.

Derby owner Mel Morris told reporters outside the team’s ground in northern England that “we are confident” of signing the 33-year-old former England captain, who flew in from Washington overnight.

Morris told broadcaster Sky Sports “we heard Wayne was obviously looking to come back to the U.K.”

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, D.C. United forward Wayne Rooney, in action against Orlando City during the second half of an MLS soccer match, in Washington, USA. It is announced Tuesday Aug. 6, 2019, that 33-year old former England captain Wayne Rooney will be leaving US Major League Soccer to join second-tier English Championship team Derby County as player-coach from January 2020. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, FILE)

The MLS season ends by November.

Morris says “he wants to finish the season there. … He will join in January if we can get the deal done.”

Rooney, who is the record goal scorer for Manchester United and England, joined DC United from Everton in 2018. The striker retired from international duty in 2017.