Rooney and Fury to manage England at Soccer Aid

Former satellite heavyweight champion Tyson Fury volition articulation Wayne Rooney arsenic 2 of England's co-managers for Soccer Aid 2025.

Former England striker Rooney volition besides travel retired of status to play successful the yearly foundation lucifer against a World XI connected Sunday, 15 June.

This year's fundraiser for Unicef returns to Old Trafford, location of Rooney's erstwhile squad Manchester United.

Last year's crippled took spot astatine Chelsea's Stamford Bridge and raised much than £15m for charity.

"The imaginable of starring my England squad to triumph this June fills maine with conscionable arsenic overmuch excitement arsenic immoderate heavyweight fight," said Fury.

"Everyone knows that I americium a immense Manchester United instrumentality too, truthful it's adjacent much peculiar for maine that the crippled is astatine Old Trafford this year, and I get to negociate 1 of my heroes, Wayne Rooney."

Rooney, 39, managed astatine the 2020 Soccer Aid and played successful the pursuing year's game.

He said: "I'm a large boxing fan, truthful to bash it alongside Tyson Fury is fantastic. We person this successful communal - we'll some beryllium taking it incredibly seriously.

"It's large to lace up the aged boots again - and spot immoderate aged friends."

Rooney volition play alongside erstwhile team-mates Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, portion Joe Hart, Steph Houghton and Toni Duggan volition each marque their Soccer Aid debuts.

Singer Louis Tomlinson volition besides instrumentality on with the likes of Sam Quek, Paddy McGuinness, Tom Grennan and Sir Mo Farah.

Former Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci and Denmark guardant Nadia Nadim volition marque their Soccer Aid debuts arsenic portion of the World XI, with the remainder of the squad to beryllium confirmed.

Since the archetypal lucifer successful 2006, Soccer Aid has raised much than £106m for charity.