Morgan Whittaker: Plymouth Argyle boss Wayne Rooney wants forward to stay

Rooney already knows Whittaker – he played alongside him when the Derby County academy product was coming through the ranks at Pride Park before going on to be his manager at the Rams.

The former England captain, who took over as Argyle boss in May, rates Whittaker highly.

“He’s a fantastic player as we saw last season, but he’s a really good human being as well,” Rooney added.

“After Covid when you could go back in groups of two, I was training with Morgan in the first week, which wasn’t easy at my age to try and keep up with him.

“But Morgan has come in, as everyone else has for pre-season training, trained really well with a smile on his face and he is a quality player, there’s no getting beyond that.”