Manchester United nice Wayne Rooney on Sunday took a contemporary swipe at former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo amid their ongoing spat whereas making a Lionel Messi assertion. Rooney’s assertion got here throughout a present earlier than the beginning of the 2022 FIFA World Cup opener, simply days after Ronaldo’s “rat” jibe at him.
Rooney, throughout his dialogue on the Qatar versus Ecuador opener on Sunday on Indian TV station JioCinema, was requested to play a singular ‘Play, Bench, Drop sport’. The veteran footballer was given three names – Ronaldo, Messi and Harry Kane – was requested to whom among the many three could be begin with, bench and drop.
Clarifying that the query was based mostly on the respective gamers of their present stage of the profession, Rooney, with out a lot hesitation, picked Messi because the participant would begin with. He shortly acknowledged that he would bench the England captain and drop Ronaldo.
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“I’d begin Messi, bench Kane and drop Ronaldo as a result of he stopped taking part in for his membership,” the previous England captain stated.
Earlier final week, within the bombshell interview with Piers Morgan, Ronaldo had lashed out at Rooney for criticising him within the media, saying that it was out of jealousy. The “rat” jibe adopted subsequent after Morgan stated, “I am simply attempting to work out how Wayne Rooney might hate you much more.”
Ronaldo answered: “Not solely him, think about the remainder of the rats they’ll criticise me too, however it’s good to nonetheless be the No 1.”
Speaking about Rooney’s query, he backed Kane to overhaul him as England’s high scorer.
“He’s a goal-scorer. If England goes far on this match, it’ll be due to Harry Kane. I hope he scores these objectives as a result of England wants them in the event that they must win,” stated Rooney, including it will likely be a tricky contest in opposition to Iran however predicted a 1-0 win for England.
“I hope he does, however I don’t suppose it will likely be tomorrow (Monday),” stated Rooney if Kane might overtake him within the match in opposition to Iran tonight.