Wayne Rooney has “guaranteed” basement club Derby will start to climb the table towards safety soon. Rooney is working alongside first team coach Liam Rosenior, goalkeeping coach Shay Given and development coach Justin Walker at Derby.
The caretaker quartet have stepped up since Phillip Cocu left earlier this month. They took charge of a 1-0 defeat at Bristol City last weekend and remain at the helm for Wednesday's trip to Middlesbrough.
Player-coach Rooney is unsure of his role beyond the game as Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan is close to completing a takeover from Mel Morris.
But Rooney,35, insists the Rams will not be down the bottom for much longer. He said: “The club is going through a tough period at the minute. “But we will get
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