Wayne Rooney has been sacked as Birmingham manager, the club confirmed on Tuesday morning.

Since Rooney replaced John Eustace in October, Birmingham have had the worst record in the Championship. They took 10 points from a possible 45, losing nine and winning just two.

The former England captain is thought to have been on much less than the £1.5million per year salary that was initially suggested, and departed the club along with coach Carl Robinson.

The futures of fellow staff members Ashley Cole, John O'Shea and Pete Shuttleworth were being resolved on Tuesday morning.

Rooney had vowed to fight on after Monday's 3-0 defeat at Leeds but staff were called to a meeting at the club's training ground on Tuesday where they were informed that Rooney would be sacked.

The Blues were taken over by an American consortium Knighthead last summer, a group of which NFL great Tom Brady is also a part.

But the Rooney experiment has been hugely embarrassing from start to finish and the credibility of the new owners will rest on what they do next.

Rooney's long-term future in management now appears unclear.

Rooney believed he should have been granted more time to effect change.

In a statement released on Tuesday morning, he said: ‘I would like to thank Tom Wagner, Tom Brady and Garry Cook for the opportunity to manage Birmingham City FC and the support they all gave me during my short period with the club.