Wayne Rooney is a true Manchester United legend as the clubs all time top goal scorer with 253 goals in 559 appearances.
As such, the name holds an impressive weight in the world of football especially around Old Trafford and the England camp.
However, two former teammates of Rooney, both for United and England have spoken out on his attitude when joining the England national team for the first time.
Discussing the then-young striker’s antics on Rio Ferdinand Presents, Michael Owen commented: “I’ll never forget, you were probably there as well. First training session when he chipped the keeper. Sunderland. Up at Sunderland. Yeah, crazy.”
He continued: “Like, in life, as much as you have got to sometimes show a little bit of respect, haven’t you?”
Remembering the occasion, Ferdinand chuckled while commenting: “Oh, yeah, yeah. He was like none of it. None,” he agreed with Owen.
Owen then continued: “A young kid and he comes out shooting practice and he just chips the goalkeeper straight away. Who was it? Was it Seaman?
“I can’t remember who it was. He got a round of applause as well straight away after it. But it was just like, I looked at him and thought, oh, wow.
”That’s just not a done thing, you know. You’ve got to be in a few squads before you start doing that.”
Ferdinand added: “Yeah, yeah, yeah. A bit of respect”, and Owen doubled down and said: “Yeah, but he didn’t have any.”
