Wayne Rooney refused to hesitate when he ranked himself among the finest strikers of all time.

Wayne Rooney did not hesitate to place himself among the finest strikers of all time. Wayne Rooney did not hesitate to participate in a game of “Winner Stays On” that featured some of the most talented football players in history.

 

 

 

The selections of Manchester United and England legend Rooney, who will serve as player-manager at Soccer Aid in a return to Old Trafford for the UNICEF charity game on Sunday, went viral online.

 

 

 

 

The 39-year-old was assigned the responsibility of selecting between two world-class forwards, and he encountered an arduous beginning to the challenge when he was matched up against Luis Suarez. Despite the caliber of the strikers involved, United’s record goalscorer, Wayne Rooney, occasionally contemplated his options.

 

 

 

 

However, he ultimately chose to prioritize himself over Harry Kane, Alessandro Del Piero, Neymar, Sergio Aguero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robert Lewandowski, and Erling Haaland. In his club career, Rooney scored 763 goals and 53 in 120 games for England, surpassing Sir Bobby Charlton’s goalscoring record until Kane surpassed him.

 

 

 

 

He was not lacking in confidence or belief in his own abilities. Rooney was unafraid of the international stage at Euro 2004, where he scored four goals in four games and was named in UEFA’s Team of the Tournament. He was aware from the outset that he was the greatest player at his boyhood club, and he made his debut at 16 with Everton.

 

 

 

 

He was a technically gifted player with an aggressive and street mentality who had no qualms about leaving one on experienced defenders such as Lilian Thuram. He played on the fringe for the majority of his career. The five-time Premier League champion previously participated in a “stay silent”

 

 

 

exercise with talkSPORT, during which he was prohibited from speaking until he heard a “player who was more talented in his youth than Wayne Rooney.” Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, and his former colleague Cristiano Ronaldo were all mentioned, but Rooney did not respond until the name of eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi was mentioned.