Wayne Rooney reveals Denis Law gave him goalscoring tips after handing him Man Utd’s No10 shirt in emotional tribute

WAYNE ROONEY has paid an affectional tribute to Denis Law by saying: Wearing your No 10 garment was an honour.

Manchester United are mourning the ‘King of the Stretford End’, who died connected Friday aged 84 aft battling dementia.

Old Trafford volition treble arsenic a shrine to the Scot earlier today’s location clash with Brighton.

There volition beryllium a minute’s applause for the antheral who scored 237 league goals for the Red Devils betwixt 1962 and 1973.

Only 2 men person scored much for United: Law’s team-mate and chap large Sir Bobby Charlton — and Rooney himself.

Rooney, a United extremity instrumentality from 2004 to 2017, recalled the infinitesimal helium got Law’s iconic shirt.

He said: “Initially I was No 8 erstwhile I joined Manchester United but erstwhile Ruud van Nistelrooy left, Denis presented maine with the No 10 shirt.

“That was a immense honour for maine to person 1 of the nine legends contiguous maine with that garment — to deterioration that fig was specified a immense thing.”

Law famously scored against United for Manchester City successful 1974 connected the time the erstwhile European champions were relegated.

He had 2 abbreviated spells astatine City arsenic good arsenic turning retired for Huddersfield and Italian outfit Torino.

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But it was United that ever remained closest to his bosom and helium was a regular visitant to Old Trafford successful retirement.

His household besides felt the aforesaid way, with girl Di becoming property serviceman during the glory days nether Sir Alex Ferguson.

Rooney, 39, speaking to BBC Five Live, added: “He was ever precise adjuvant with tons of proposal implicit the years. He was a large feline to talk to.

“When you articulation this football nine you bash a batch of learning astir the history and Denis was surely 1 of the main players.

“His girl worked astatine the nine truthful I became rather adjacent with the family. Every clip I met Denis helium gave maine bully proposal astir scoring goals and tried to assistance maine arsenic overmuch arsenic helium could.

“It was truly bittersweet erstwhile I heard the news truthful I privation to walk connected my condolences to his household arsenic well. He was not conscionable a shot fable — a existent household antheral has near us.”

Van Nistelrooy besides paid tribute to Law, who was his neighbour erstwhile the Leicester brag played astatine Old Trafford.

He said: “I utilized to spell circular for coffee. Time conscionable passed by talking astir life, his vocation and football. It was conscionable lovely.

“He was the astir humble idiosyncratic you could ever conscionable for idiosyncratic who has a statue extracurricular Old Trafford. And helium had the biggest heart.

“I could get immoderate things disconnected my thorax and helium had a large consciousness of humour, too. It was precise adjuvant — and it was ever truthful special.”

Ex-United skipper Gary Neville, 49, said: “I cognize helium was Sir Alex Ferguson’s favourite player. I spent immoderate clip with him, which was a large privilege, and got to cognize him arsenic a large man with large humour but humble, carrying nary arrogance astir his vocation astatine all.

“My dada and my grandad went to Manchester United from the property of 5 and talked astir Law, Best and Charlton, the 3 astir celebrated players to person played for Manchester United.

“Denis was perfectly superb company. He was humble successful his greatness — which is the champion tribute I tin wage him.”

Law was besides progressive successful charity enactment successful status and acceptable up the Denis Law Legacy Trust backmost successful 2012.

Neville added: “The enactment helium did successful presumption of raising his dependable astir Alzheimer’s and prostate cancer.

“He was brave connected the pitch, I cognize from what everyone has said that helium didn’t messiness around, but helium was besides brave disconnected it. He volition beryllium sadly missed.”

Music fable Sir Rod Stewart besides paid tribute to Law connected Instagram, sharing a photograph of them together, with the message: “Farewell my hero, remainder successful peace.”

Players and unit volition deterioration achromatic armbands for the Brighton clash, likewise the women’s squad for tonight’s derby against Manchester City astatine the Etihad.

United main enforcement Omar Berrada joined hundreds of fans astatine Old Trafford yesterday greeting arsenic flowers, flags and wreaths were laid.

Aberdeen-born Law is immortalised determination successful a statue alongside Sir Bobby and chap fable George Best — United’s celebrated Holy Trinity.

He is the lone Scot to triumph the Ballon d’Or, which helium received successful 1964.

Law is associated grounds scorer for Scotland with 30 goals successful 55 caps.