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Wayne Rooney says Sir Alex Ferguson made him do something he ‘hated’ at Man United

Mark Marston
Mark Marston

Wayne Rooney has just admitted that Sir Alex Ferguson made him so something he ‘hated’ at Manchester United.

Rooney is United’s all-time to🍸p 🌞scorer with 253 goals, though, many would argue he didn’t fulfil his potential.

Further, he was England’s record scorer until Harry👍 Kane surpassed him, so why is there that narrative that he underachieved?

Well, he’s just revealed he ‘hated’ doing so🦋mething that actually made him more effective.

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Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images

Wayne Rooney ‘hated’ playing as a number nine

Speaking on , Rooney admitted that he ‘hated’ an instruction Sir Alex used to give him at United, despite i𓂃t improving his ou🎶tput.

“That was the hardest thing for me. I played a lot of number 10 and when I went as a number nine I remꦆember Fergie saying to me, just stay in the box, stay away,” the 38-year-old said.

“And I really struggled with it, to have that patience to stay up the front. I was itching to come back and get on the ball. But then I did it and it was my best goalscoring year but I often didn’t enjoy the game. I hated it, I’d come off the pitch and score two goals and didn’t feel like I got 🎃involved.”

Rooney was always eager to drop into midfield and be more of a playmaker than a goalscorer and perhaps that’s why he didn’t achieve a🅷ll the personal accolades like the Ballon d’Or, which many expected him to.

Wayne Rooney’s unselfishness limited him

Unselfishness is always regarded as a good thing, and indeed it is, but there is an e🃏lement of greed needed to be an elite-level goalscorer.

As prolific as Rooney was, he just didn’t have ⛦that natural hunger to score goals like Cristiano Ronaldo did for instance.

Of🍃ten, the United man was more focused on laying on chances for his teammates and even ope🥃rated as a winger to accommodate others.

Rooney had a team-before-player mentality, which can’t b🍃e knocked.