Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney reveals plans to become a manager following retirement

The 30-year-old made the admission during a live Facebook Q&A with fans

Rooney in training during United's pre-season tour of China (Getty)

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has revealed he would like to become a manger once he retires.

Rooney would join a number of United greats who have turned to management following their retirement from the sport, including Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville.

The 30-year-old made the admission during a live Facebook Q&A with fans as Ashley Young relayed questions to the club captain.

Rooney was speaking ahead of United’s clash with rivals Manchester City in the International Champions Cup in Beijing – although the game was later cancelled due to poor pitch conditions.

Speaking from his hotel room in the Chinese capital, Rooney said: "I would like to be manager when I finish playing.

"Hopefully one day a club will give me an opportunity to manage and I can be successful doing it.

"Football is what I've done my whole life. I'm currently in the process of taking my coaching badges so hopefully when I finish playing I'll have that complete."

Rooney even joked with Young that he could join his coaching staff should the winger complete his own qualifications.

"If you get going with your badges you can come in and be one of my coaches," the skipper quipped.

"I might try that. Hear that? He just offered me a job," Young replied.

The United captain has established himself as one of the club’s true greats. Rooney has scored 245 goals throughout his Manchester career so far, making him one of just four players to surpass the 200 goal mark.

He is also England's greatest-ever goal scorer and has been capped 115 times for the national team.