Wayne Rooney Names Ultimate Premier League Five-a-side Squad

Manchester United fable Wayne Rooney revealed his existent champion five-a-side squad of Premier League players opting against naming immoderate existent Red Devils.

Furthermore, nan first sanction that came retired of Rooney’s rima was nary different than Manchester City star Phil Foden. Speaking connected his BBC podcast The Wayne Rooney Show, nan erstwhile England world spotlighted Foden first.

“Phil Foden, definitely,” Rooney said almost instantly and without hesitation pinch his first pick. “Five-a-side, Phil Foden, tight areas, brilliant.”

After a little pause, Rooney went connected to prime his adjacent 4 players.

“Probably Cole Palmer arsenic good successful there,” Rooney continued. “[Bukayo] Saka, I’m not having a goalkeeper. I’ll put [Moisés] Caicedo successful there, he’d beryllium nan protect 1 but he tin onslaught arsenic well.”

If having a squad afloat of Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea players wasn’t astonishing enough, Rooney’s last prime came from Man Utd’s biggest rivals, Liverpool.

“Mo Salah. So yeah, that would beryllium my 5 players,” Rooney finished.

Wayne Rooney (second from correct to left) was sent-off successful nan 2006 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals. / Tom Jenkins/Getty Images

The United fable touched connected a assortment of subjects successful a half-an-hour agelong Q&A session.

One of nan things he revealed is that he considers nan FA Cup trophy he conquered arsenic Man Utd skipper successful 2016—the only FA Cup triumph of his career—as nan biggest accomplishment of his astir 20-year career.

On nan different hand, he besides shared his biggest regret. He called nan 2006 FIFA World Cup a tourney he revealed he shouldn’t person played in.

“[My biggest regret] Going to nan World Cup successful 2006,” Rooney said. “I wasn’t fit, I shouldn’t person went. And it ends pinch getting a reddish paper . So yeah, if I went backmost I astir apt wouldn’t person gone.”

Rooney grounded to tally a azygous extremity engagement successful 4 World Cup appearances successful 2006. He was sent-off successful nan quarterfinals against Portugal earlier England mislaid successful a punishment shootout.

Still, moreover without his World Cup woes, there’s nary denying nan Everton academy postgraduate is 1 of nan top talents English shot has ever produced.

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