Revealed: what rio Ferdinand, evra and other Manchester United legends said about appointing wayne rooney as next Manchester United coach.

 Rio Ferdinand has delivered a glowing

 appraisal of Wayne Rooney's attributes 

as a manager amid his old Manchester

 United team-mate's links to the Everton job.

The Toffees axed Rafa Benitez on Sunday

 after a perilous run of one win in 13 

Premier League matches and Rooney has

 been linked with a sensational return to 

his boyhood club as manager.

The Everton hero is currently at Derby, 

where they are 23rd in The Championship

 but have been deducted 21 points due 

to their off-field financial issues and placed

 under a transfer embargo. Without that, they'd

 be 11th but Rooney is miraculously keeping 

hopes of avoiding relegation alive with The

 Rams eight points off safety.

Speaking on his Vibe with Five YouTube

 channel, Ferdinand lifted the lid 

on how Rooney the manager works after

 visiting him on the training ground.

'It is such a different person behind

 closed doors,' Ferdinand said. 'Yes they 

are a young squad, he has given out 

a hell of a lot of debuts but their reactions

, they are transfixed. He spoke with 

such authority and a calmness, didn't

 waste a word.

''A lot of things he was saying was 

about trust - "I trust you, I believe in 

all of you" - and you can see why they 

have that fight for him and that togetherness

. He is instilling it with his staff.

'I saw a different Wayne Rooney 

to the one I grew up with and saw grow

 up at Man United, it was a real positive

 experience. It was the confidence and 

I didn't expect it from such a young coach.

''I thought there'd be a lot of "ermmmm"

 - you see the interviews, no disrespect

 - but he was just calm man, I was so 

impressed. The results he is getting 

off the back of it, I'm not surprised.

'Wazza is good at detail, his game was

 about detail. People would think it was

 hustle and bustle and bang, a shot 

out of nowhere but to be the player he 

was you had to understand details and 

it is about translating that into the team.

'He was taking people off to the side 

saying "I want this, I want that" and it was 

really good. I'm not saying he is the next

 Sir Alex or the next Pep but he is on the

 right track'.

Ferdinand admitted that he thinks 

in an ideal world, Rooney would head

 to Goodison Park in the summer after 

finishing the season with Derby - but

 doubts he'll have the luxury of time.

'You take the job in a heartbeat (if you're

 Rooney),' Ferdinand said. 'If he could 

have it his way, I'm sure he'd say "listen

, keep Big Dunc as the interim, let me 

keep Derby up and I'll be there in 

the summer" but that's hugely unlikely.

'(Roberto) Martinez has got to 

relinquish going to the World Cup 

(with Belgium). You can see Rooney 

- boyhood club and Big Dunc is his mate

, his idol growing up, knows the

 fabric of the club.'