Troy Deeney names the ‘most disrespected player in the history of English football’

Ex-Premier League striker Troy Deeney claims Manchester United fable Wayne Rooney is the ‘most disrespected subordinate successful the past of English football’.

Rooney established himself arsenic 1 of United and England’s top ever players during his hugely awesome 19-year nonrecreational career.

Having burst onto the country astatine Everton, Rooney moved to Old Trafford successful 2004 and went connected to go the club’s all-time grounds goalscorer.

As good arsenic scoring 253 goals for Manchester United, Rooney besides lifted 5 Premier League trophies nether Sir Alex Ferguson and won the Champions League successful 2008.

While planetary trophies eluded Rooney and England’s ‘golden generation’, helium was the country’s grounds goalscorer from 2015 to 2023 until existent skipper Harry Kane surpassed his tally of 53 goals.

Rooney remains England’s grounds appearance-maker for an outfield player, however, and is regarded arsenic 1 of the champion players to ever don the Three Lions shirt.

Despite this, ex-Premier League guardant and Watford fable Deeney inactive believes Rooney is the ‘most disrespected subordinate successful the past of English football’.

‘Wayne Rooney mightiness beryllium the astir disrespected footballer successful English history,’ Deeney said connected The Stomping Ground. ‘People don’t cognize however f*****g bully Wayne Rooney was, and inactive is.’

Ex-Manchester United midfielder Ravel Morrison past said: ‘I deliberation helium [Rooney] is the champion subordinate ever to travel retired of England, by far, by far.’

Deeney past added: ‘I don’t disagree with that. There’s thing that antheral couldn’t do.

‘You cognize however radical speech astir Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham now… Wayne could bash it all.

‘He scored goals, helium was stronger than astir players, helium was rapid, helium would tackle. At 18 helium was going astatine Lilian Thuram [at Euro 2004]!’

Since hanging up his boots successful 2021, Rooney has held managerial roles astatine Derby County, DC United, Birmingham City and present Plymouth Argyle.

Plymouth person won 3 of their 12 league games nether Rooney, a mediocre tally of signifier leaving the nine 22nd successful the Championship up of this weekend’s circular of fixtures.

While his afloat absorption is connected a relegation scrap, Rooney was precocious asked for his instrumentality connected England’s assignment of German manager Thomas Tuchel.

Ex-Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain manager Tuchel volition succeed Gareth Southgate successful January, becoming lone the 3rd non-British manager to instrumentality complaint of the England men’s team.

‘I deliberation he’s [Tuchel] a precise bully coach, but amazed the FA person employed him,’ the 39-year-old said.

‘What the FA person built – and I was portion of that and person seen archetypal manus what they’ve built implicit the past 10, 15 years – it’s been great.

‘It’s been a large level for young coaches coming through, truthful I’m amazed they haven’t gone successful with 1 of their own.

‘But they’ve made the determination and I privation him each the best, and I anticipation helium does good for us.’

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