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Wayne Rooney has urged more English managers to stop being 'stubborn' consider jobs abroad in order to get better and develop themselves as coaches.
The former Manchester United and Everton striker is currently coaching in the MLS with DC United after leaving Derby County in the summer following their relegation from the Championship to League One.
Rooney did a good job at Pride Park, but could not help the team remain in England's second division as a points deduction after the club went into administration left them fighting an uphill battle.
Wayne Rooney was appointed as the manager of DC United after leaving Derby County
But instead of staying on at Derby or taking a new job in England, Rooney shocked people by moving across the Atlantic Ocean for his second job in management.
While admitting it is a 'gamble' the 36-year-old believes that it will give him a chance to improve his coaching and thinks others should do the same, suggesting that coaches in England can be too 'stubborn' to look elsewhere for work.
He told The Times: 'It's a chance to take myself out of my comfort zone and develop as a coach.
'I could have sat at home and waited — managers get sacked, normally, around this time and jobs would have come up, but I think in England we have the best league in the world and a great structure below it and we're a bit
