"I should have been more selfish" - Wayne Rooney reflects on leaving and returning to Everton
2018 ж. 23 Жел.
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Wayne Rooney discusses his move from Everton to Manchester United and his eventual return to Goodison Park.
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To this day he still gets so much stick and poked fun. The guy is a legend in English football. Shame more people dont respect that
No hate but what did he win with England?
@@morgancooper4630 ridiculous comment, by that logic we haven't had a legend in English football since '66
Fred lol did he take England too a final?
Fred lol I’m not saying he’s bad, I would say he’s probably the 3rd best British player of all time I’d say only Beckham and bale where better then him
Morgan Cooper definitely bale and beckham better than him. Especially bale!! Hahah
“I should’ve Refused to play in midfield” This is actually sad because when moyes/lvg moved him into midfield, that put his career on a decline
Taykeithfucktheseniggasup Ferguson did it first
He played in several positions his whole united career, this is why he never beat Shearers goal scoring record! Because he was playing as a play maker a lot, whereas Shearer was a striker his whole career...
When he played striker all season..with injury in March 2009-10 season..he scored over 37 goals all competition..and because of that United lost to bayern in semifinals..or else..United vs Inter was on card
@ahmed jamal he was always a 10 like Berbatov,tevez..he had an eye for a through ball and was amazing when playing with a 9 whether Van Persie or nistelrooy ..but always as a 2nd striker who links up midfield with attack.
He played second fiddle to Ronaldo at his peak, that's why he didn't score more goals
Shame how a lot of people don’t quite appreciate how good Rooney actually was. Plastic Casuals are rotting this game. If he was selfish, he would’ve easily broken Shearer’s record.
He was too fat and out of shape to break Shearer's record. Not the brightest guy in the world either.
Shearers record😂😂😂😂😂😂 as soon as he lost pace he became very average and put his appearance b4 his performances
@@googlereviewer1944 He isn't fat. That's just the way his body is built. Like Luke Shaw and R9.
@@googlereviewer1944 I'm a Liverpool supporter, but even I know the guy was a prodigy
Rooney's decline only took a huge turn for the worse in 2014-15, when LvG put him in CM.
Honestly don’t get the hate with this guy. Seems like a genuine bloke.
because he was ripping the defence of everyones favourite teams for 15 years
He’s my childhood hero. Gave up the club he loved to make a legacy for himself. Honestly a great player, a great man.
Alex Churcher I think it’s from when he played for England in 2010 WC South Africa and after dismal performances by the team Rooney sneered into the TV camera “ Call yourselves loyal supporters”. I think the public took it just that bit personally.....
Yeah when he's off the pitch
Just thoughts really yes they were bad! They played like they’d been drugged and were victims of espionage, such were their school boy errors. But Rooney has still performed at least as well for his country as somebody like Lionel Messi! Possibly better!
Bloody hell, so much criticism for one of the best footballers to have played the game.
He's a good player but best to play the game is a bit of an exaggeration
Its weird to think that ronaldo is older than him and still at the top as one of the best in the world.
@Hector Ricardo Listen to what Rooney said himself "I was overrated"
lay off the drink
William Mcphee how old are u mate because I guarantee u u haven’t watched half the players u just listed.
Rooney was a great player. He just peaked far too soon and eventually, declined too early. Still, a wonderful servant for club and country. Hard to imagine Liverpool could've had him.
Because he didn't have the work ethic of like Rolando.
Cuddlebug EU that’s bullshit lol, it’s because he was moved around far too much during Ferguson era and then played out of position the whole time after Fergie left. The whole work ethic thing people say like as if Ronaldo is the only player in the world that works hard 😂😂
@@macey7600 Rooney was seen several times during the off season / pre season with a belly and not even close to being fit so clearly that isn't true. Also numerous managers and players have praised Ronaldo's work ethic as something they've never seen before.
Joseph93 I didn’t say Ronaldo doesn’t work hard I said he’s not the only player that works hard. Rooney wouldn’t get a belly from one month off football lol be quiet
@@Joseph963 Exactly the point I was making :)
Nobody notices, cares or remembers how Rooney did all the dirty work when United was in trouble , he played in deep midfield one or two seasons ... He is last of that pure blood footballer 90s generation
Sad, and people question why score less and say its his work ethic which is none of it
I wanted to end my career at United 😭 I’d have him back tomorrow, when he left it was the worst.
United lost the passion and the aggression they had when Rooney was the captain. He would still get into the team and play anywhere in the midfield. We made a big mistake by selling our best player ever.
Agreed
Arithmetic agree. He was dying for a Fernandes at the time. Imagine him now being able to stay up top with Fernandes in behind.
Wanted to stay at Everton, knew he had to leave. Wanted to stay at United, wasn't being played as much. Wanted to stay at Everton again, sent packing to the States. It's sad.
Him and chicharito... two sales I’ll never, ever understand..
A rare example of a true world class player. Could have graced any era. Record goalscorer for England. Not always made the greatest decisions In life, but the major talent of his era.
The day he retires, is the day the whole world will appreciate how incredible he was. Humans have a habit of not realising what they have until it’s gone. In 20 years or so, people will be talking about this legend, and I’ll be proud to say I watched nearly every game he played. A truly phenomenal player, my favourite player of all time.
He retired today😭😭😭
This aged well
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Rooney was finished years ago. Not saying he wasn’t an amazing player (especially in his early days at United - he was one of the best strikers on the planet), but he’s been “gone” for some time. We saw the best of Wayne Rooney a long time ago.
I thought the 2013/2014 season under Moyer Rooney was amazing. One of the few players who always gave it 100% no matter what and wore his heart on his sleeve
MMA HIGHLIGHTS He always gave it 100% he was a true red
So true
He was the only shining light for a few years after Sir Alex left, fighting for every ball & shouting/encouraging team mates. He was something special. Probably the best United player I've seen.
Brilliant, world class player. What he contributed to the United Team for all those years was immeasurable. Started off as a fiery, sometimes too aggressive teenager, but really mellowed throughout his twenties into a real leader. Brilliant goalscorer and general all rounded footballer. Horrifically underrated.
Waynes went down in History. He also failed Geography, Arithmetic and English.
Underrated
It wasnt when i replied to it lol
Did he actually
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IL AQALLA
lol
Still waiting for Wayne Rooney vs Bad News Barret
lol I'm afraid I got some bad news about that. xD
Can't beat a good old wrestling joke 😃
Yeah, I'm also still waiting for Mourinho vs Shane Mcmahon too
Lovely comment
Lmao this entire comment thread is gold
Wayne "Emmmm" Rooney
lol
i cannot un hear this
Bloody hell i couldn’t listen to him for more than a few minutes
Stevey eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Gerrard
Jesse
When he burst onto the scene he was the best young player out there, almost won England the euros he was that good, gotta say he comes across like he didn't look after himself off the pitch as much as he could've, feel that declined his career early where as CR7 excelled always thought Rooney was better when they were younger
Yes from 2004-2006 Rooney was far better than Ronaldo, then Ronnie hit the heights but Rooney did a lot of the work to give Ronaldo a free role and let him play to his strengths. Rooney was a world class team mate.
Its crazy that cr7 is older than him. Rooney declined at such a young age it feels like they are from diffrent eras now
@eman987 10 Yet still won 5 UCLs also if Spanish league is trash then why did all the best players play there?
xZeuZx - the best players in la liga are only from barca and real, maybe athletico, other than that not really
Ronaldo is a freak of nature though. That guy has always just been getting better the older he gets. He constantly levels up, still to this day arguably. Anyone he has played aside couldn't match his fitness.
He deserved a last standing ovation and retiring speech at Old Trafford
Top scorer for England top scorer for one of the biggest clubs in the world man united what a player up there with the best in the world
He's a class player! Look at the difference he has made even now at Derby. Brought him in and he is lighting up the championship at his age.
I'm a Liverpool fan and Wayne honestly deserves more credit
I’m still convinced had Rooney been in Russia we would’ve won the World Cup. We couldn’t keep the ball in the last twenty minutes, and his class would’ve seen us through in a deeper role.
Madness
That's ridiculous.
Bonkers
Lol
He’s so refreshingly honest!
Will always be one of the biggest legends to ever wear a Man Utd & England shirt! His numbers speak for themselves!
What the hell 3rd most assists in Premier league history and 2nd most goals he was/is an absolute machine he never declined!
Absolute legend! The PL misses him and so do United 😔
Drink every time he says emm...
I want an emmm compilation
EMMMMMIIWW
Did it. Now I'm off to hospital. Bye bye
Only a douchebag notices that
I just drowned my kidneys 🏥
Dude I'd sign him back now only so when he retired we can give him the legends farewell he deserves
Imagine the example he'd set for the youngsters out there now. Fucken mourinho 😡
Sadly, he retired in Derby County.
So manager just been in the club for one year and they didn't appreciate the legend who work decade building it. Shame
Should've never let him go, should've got rid of sigurdsson and schniederlin
He broke our hearts 💙
Love Rooney. Such a gentleman and legend.
He was our best player when he was 16-18 and he was our best player when he came back as well. Totally understand why he went to Utd but it was indeed a shame he wasn't able to stay with us longer for his second spell. He still brought so much to the team.
Come back to MU as assistant coach then slap pogba
Slap pogba. why??
The one with United heart will slap Pogba.
@@samuelbabalola710 but they will never talk of matic , Jones or Sanchez ...!I Wonder why ?
No need to slap Pogba he’s world class
Wrestling with pogba is better 😂😂
He's the reason im first watching football and cheer for Man Utd. What a legend.
Come back we still love u at OT
Yeh but fury was robbed
Get a life man
Salty
Jesus christ 😂😂
Th Cook 😂
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mates wayne rooney my favourite one of the best along with people like kaka inzaghi etc wayne rooney is on the list with those best just moyes and lvg put his career upside down and then mourinho didnt play him for most parts then he goes to dc united and hes doing well and under sir alex ferguson he was a monster and a goal scoring machine in front of goal over head kicks all the fancy goals he could have had plenty more goals under moyes and lvg but it wasnt ment to be but still hes a hero and thats why he inspired me as a football player when i started to watch him play when he first got in to the manchester united team he learnt alot alongside paul scholes which is a memory to have playing alongside paul scholes one of the best back in that time along with people like patrick viera and kaka inzaghi etc and wayne rooney is on the list with those best mates
Legend ! Wayne Rooney
Wayne seems like a highly cognitive, articulate, and engaging character.
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Really
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that's the polo neck
It's a joke right 😂 wouldn't say Rooneys engaging I nearly dosed of listening to him there
This man is my hero, would be nice to have him in a managerial role at United in the future if his tactics develop!
Stay away from alcohol footballers. Although what a Legend #WR10
And smoking
Mad Ting so would your grandad
Why not come back to united now and finish. @ least u still playing better than Lukaku
Nah
Hair transplant looking good still
a a 🤡😂
hes on his 3rd one so hes gonna have to accept baldness soon
That was the cause of his downfall. Receding hair line Rooney was a different level.
Lol what’s the problem ? Don’t mistake I got a lot of hair... women cheat all the time
Looks like someone rolled a egg through cigarette ash 🤯
For years I only watched ManU to see Rooney play. Always made other players play better, and stepped when others didn’t. One of those rare players that is so complete, he could have played on any position on the highest level.
Rooney wast just a great goal scorer his link up play was amazing and he could hold the ball up really well considering he isn't the biggest man on the pitch but what I loved most about him was he always gave his all didn't matter who we were playing winning or losing home or away Rooney always gave his all for the shirt.
Who remember Wayne Rooney's Street Striker Tv Show in 2008-2010 on Sky one :) I wanting to be on that show!! but I was 1 month older then the requirements to be on it :( Sadly Wayne Rooney Didn't see my skills and I didn't hear his "Emmmm" But all jokes aside ... Wayne Rooney bring back this show please
@referral madness True bro
He is maybe one of the best player outside ronaldo and messi at his peak,this guy can play number 10,9,wide,mid. Not to say he run back to def and go forward when on offense hands down
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan is a better striker but as a player,Rooney is more capable than him.
@@MichaelJakcsonMusic Zlatan is great, but also so overrated because of his personality. Was Zlatan really better than players like Robben, Rooney, van Persie, Xavi, Iniesta etc? No.
@@WhoopsieDayZ and Robben 😂😂😂 WAT
@@WhoopsieDayZ roony Xavi and iniesta are debatable
He was quality no matter what position he was played in, would take him back in a heartbeat
He should return to United. A new manager who's doing wonders (unlike previous managers) with the team. As a senior player, he would get to play more and he would be a great role model for the youth players.
Best player to ever come out of England 🏴
Definitely one of the best, but George Best and Jimmy Greaves were way better than Rooney.
@@zadoruphin7794 forgot George best was English 🤨
he was irish
Za Doruphin George best was Irish
Behind Paul Gascoigne & Paul Scholes for me but definitely up there
Possibly my favourite Player... Good luck Wayne... Hope u return to UTD one day
Rooney was one of the major players who always delivered! Without this lad United would have achieved a lot less.
gotta love a bit of Wayne ERRRM rooney what a player
why didnt they ask him about when he asked for a transfer request away from utd around 2009
2010/11, questioned the clubs ambition at the time, he was a player going I to his last contract and he wanted to make sure United were matching his ambitions. 2013 fergie knew he was done and wanted him out, fergie alwys knew when a player was on the decline, looking back its clear to see the difference in Rooney after 2013.
This shows the difference...Modern Football didnt have enough respect for the Legends.. Thanks to Fergie that he made Scholes and Giggs a Legend in Manu by just showing faith in them...
Wat a legend man I wanted to be like Rooney was best striker for England nd United idc wat ppl say legend
Peak Rooney and Torres was my favorite time to watch EPL. 08-09
Rooney was class and that comes from a Liverpool fan, as much as i hate to admit it he was one of the best iv seen. I respect Rooney
Come back to united, u can b mentor for martial, rashford and lingard,i agree u shoudn't have played midfield role after sir alex left
Rooney is actually a humble guy I like him
I don't follow Man Utd more, when This God of player moved from... Rooney from begin of his carier was my best player... fighter... played from heart.. I am sad now because my childhood was gone... rooney forever!!!
I felt sad For Wayne ! He is such a legend and he deserves so much more !!!
I think Rooney got his redemption by scoring that 'hat-trick' against Moyes at Goodison.
A true legend seriously under rated
Wayne Rooney will always be my favorite Utd player. It's sad to see his decline. He deserved better.
Coming from a gooner, wazza is one of my fav players ever
“I was still 30” ... yes Wayne, with the physique of a 45 year old.
Looool wtf
Sad...but true. I always thought wazza would be good till his mid 30s... never thought he would be useless in top flight football at 30
But moved like a 25 year old didn’t go down crying like Ramos
@@Marctunstall Ramos el mejor del Mundo
Athome eater no he isn’t
I like this wayne, telling how it is instead of the old erms and ahhs avoiding saying something that might be controversial.
He is still one of the best players in premier league⚽
A man who he cheated on his pregnant wife says he should have been more selfish, ironic.
BEN TWOONEZERO 😬😬😬
What has that got to do with football? Does his personal decisions affect your life in anyway?
@@saradmatthewtigga4413 He as always been selfish, he left Everton for more money and to win things, Gerrard stayed at Liverpool as long as he could but he would have earned more and won more at a bigger club.
@@BENTWOONEZERO leaving a club to win isint selfish u idiot he was far too good for Everton u tosser
BEN TWOONEZERO and he went to dc United from Everton knowing that he was going to earn less money, stfu
I love Rooney but the way his head is slanted to the side when he speaks hurts my neck lol!
Being the highest goal scorer of all time for England and Manchester United is no mean feet, anybody who doesn't respect that is just a hater.The Man is a legend and he doesn't need anybody to say that, history will remember him as one.
He’s absolutely not selfish. Ask the grannies how he gives it to them. He’s very generous!
I can’t watch him now without imagining him wearing a crash helmet.
1:37 how photoshopped is that image btw
Am number one wazza fan I don’t care what anyone says I am still angry he was not selfish enough with his career always puts the teams first,what a soldier
I hope he will be great manager.. I still want to see him in this sport
Great player and I’m a huge fan but past it by his last 2 seasons at Man U regardless of position, was crazy what Everton were paying him in wages he was well past his best not that there’s anything wrong with that he had a great career
Most likely signed him just because he was their own product. A lot of teams do it as they have a connection with the fans
DisabledTurtle7 yeah I think your 100% right mate thinking with they’re hearts and not they’re heads
Yes Wayne because everyone greedy out there:-))
Weird that rooney is never spoken in the same light as Paul Gascoigne, Lampard, Gerrard or Scholes....He was class giving it all scoring goals one of the few good players along with DDG in the post Fergie Era.. rooney until 2011/12 was a beast....12/13 the limelight was taken by rvp and rightly so as rvp looked like scoring every single game....but rooney goes beyond scoring goals , was incredibly technical but never spoken in the same light as his peers
First saw him at Everton under 14...he was beast then!
Ermm I had a wonderful time at Chelsea ermmm Sir Arsene Benitez was me role mode ermm
*FURY WAS ROBBED*
No he wasn't. He lost deservedly
Get over it and move on, Jesus Christ.
Who cares?
KTrick Musik he didn’t lose tho
@Josef Webber he didn't win either cos he's trash.
If he still play at centre forward i think he still manage 20+ goals a season..he great inside and outside box
Towards the end his lifestyle caught up with him. What a player tho!
But how does any of this help Valentino Rossi win a Motogp championship ever again?...
Once again I feel Rooney left Manutd because of Mourinho. He was in a decline but I feel a different manager would have used him properly.
With all due respect I don't think that's the truth Rooney started declining since UTD signed RVP Everton would of kept him at all cost
@@axtrixblade1761 but his presence in the dressing room would keep likes of pogba Lindgard at bay. Better then slabhead and Young
Wayne Rooney is top 5 epl goals and top 5 epl assists he had everything. Fergie leaving changed the quality of play.
Such a honest player
Ronney is like a product .
Just like every other footballer lol
yep... a shrek doll...
Wasn't very difficult... Remember him kissing the Man U badge?! 🤔
and now hes a Manager🔥🔥
He was playing at top flight from 16 till he was 30 that right there is a legand he will forever be in uniteds history books. He will go down as one of our greats.
This channel is just Rooney now?
Not complaining
But it doesn’t explain why Fury got robbed.
He must have been surrounded by scousers
@@garethbreeze4297 It explains why your dad is poor though!
I read something very interesting a while back that said that Rooney was never as assertive as CR7. Rooney could have reached the levels of Cr7 but instead he was more of a team player and willing to play in midfield or wherever he was needed. Cr7 was always hungry to get goals and do what was better more so for himself
I just love him ❤
Should have been more selfish? What a bit like when he threatened to join City in order to get a pay rise?
He said more .Meaning he was just selfish but not very much
Rooney never declined,Mourinho's tactics just never worked on him and almost all united attackers,look at how Rooney is perfoming in front of goals at DC united
Come on, he's in a league where Bradley Wright-Phillips looks like a prime Romario
name one decent defender in the mls
@@Two_Seat_Pete_FatA55 His free kick goal was insane though. It doesn't matter which league he was in for that free kick.
Rooney in the post Fergie era still managed to get 10+ goals season even when he was played more deep in midfield. Under Mourihno he just became a squad player but he should've played more. He atleast did something when he played assist or a goal. Rooney was play wide at times because of Jose tactics.
@@Dylan-er9bs its about how many times he has proven,
Obviously a legend
Smashing it at DC