Wayne Rooney is SACKED as manager of Birmingham City after winning just two of his 15 matches in charge and plummeting the team from sixth to 20th in the Championship

Wayne Rooney has been sacked as Birmingham manager. An announcement is expected later Tuesday morning.

The Manchester United legend was appointed Blues boss in early October but won just two games during his tenure.

On Monday night, Birmingham suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Leeds, marking the end of the former Derby County and DC United boss.

The ninth defeat in 15 games under the former Derby manager left the visitors in 20th place in the Championship and extended Rooney's dismal run.

Now Birmingham has decided to sack the 38-year-old from his position.

Since Rooney arrived, Birmingham have fallen out of the play-off places in a relegation battle

In early October, Birmingham sacked John Eustace and brought in Rooney, when Blues were sixth in the Championship.

Bringing in Rooney after Eustace's four-day wins over Huddersfield and West Bromwich Albion was a bold decision that ultimately yielded no results.

Mail Sport understands Eustace would be open to a possible return to Birmingham.

As reported by The sunRooney earned three times as much as his predecessor, who has yet to find a new job since his dismal spell at Birmingham City.

The outlet claims Rooney has signed a £1.5million-a-year deal to take over as head coach at St Andrew's.

Fans were furious as Rooney was initially only linked with the role and he became the target of verbal abuse after losing to Hull City on October 25.

The decision to bring Rooney to St Andrew's came just months after legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady took a small stake in the second division.

When Brady announced his stake in the team in August, he admitted he needed to educate himself about the “different” football.

'Well, let's just say I still have a lot to learn. But I do know a few things about winning, and I think they translate well,” Brady said.

“I know that success starts with the work put in when the world isn't watching. I know a team is nothing without the city showing up and standing behind it. And most importantly, I know I like being the underdog.”

Of his fifteen games at the club, Rooney won two, drew four and lost the other nine

NFL legend Tom Brady (left) is one of the minority owners in Birmingham after the club was acquired by Tom Wagner's Knighthead Group in July

Of the fifteen matches in which he was in charge, Rooney won only two matches, drawing four and losing the other nine, for an average of 0.67 points per match.

Including his spells at Derby and DC United, statistics show that his overall winning percentage as a manager is just 26.1 percent.

The former Man United star had also expressed his frustrations with the Birmingham squad in recent weeks, adding to the growing tension around the club.

After the 0-0 draw with Rotherham at St Andrew's on December 2, he said: “I think some of the players there actually need to grow a few boys.”

And after the loss to Stoke he said angrily: 'Ideally you wish you had eleven substitutions because I could have substituted all eleven players at half-time.'

While such anger is understandable after poor performances and poor results, these words are unlikely to endear a manager to his players.

The Man United legend had sparked controversy with his recent post-match comments

Speaking to Mail Sport, a veteran boss said Rooney's words showed 'a lack of emotional control'.

Speaking after their recent defeat to Leeds, Rooney said: 'It was always going to be a difficult game, we knew that, but I felt for the 30 minutes until they scored the goal that the game plan we had in place was working.

'We created chances, caused problems at half-time and then we conceded a very poor goal. We have three centre-backs on the pitch and Bamford is free in the six-yard area.

'That changes the game and then they get the second goal. We knew it would be a battle. We come out in the second half and try to be in the game but we concede the third, so obviously I'm very disappointed.”