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Speaking to Amazon Prime Video, he has named the Liverpool coach as his manager of the season.

"In first place I'll go with Arne Slot," Rooney said.

"Obviously coming to the Premier League, replacing the very popular Jurgen Klopp, he's been fantastic and it looks like they're going to win the title, so he'd be my number one pick."

Rooney's other selections were Nuno Espirito Santo in third and Andoni Iraola in second.

They have Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth respectively in the top half of the table, with Forest in particular on track for a hugely unlikely Champions League place.

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Liverpool coach Arne Slot and Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Espirito Santo.

There's definitely a case to be made that Slot deserves the nod for rocking up from the Eredivisie and making the Premier League look like a piece of cake.

As for Iraola, it's a slightly left-field pick for second place by Rooney, but again there is evidence to back it up

Only in his second Premier League season himself, he has thrived with a significantly lower net transfer spend in recent years than Nottingham Forest or Liverpool — and rightly or wrongly, his style of play means he will be catching the eye of top clubs more than Espirito Santo.

At the end of the day, any of these managers would be worthy winners of the award