'I couldn’t believe how bad some of them were. I remember thinking 'I’m better than all these players'.'
Date published: Tuesday 6th December 2022 8:36 -Wayne Rooney has revealed that he “quickly” realised that a number of his Everton idols were “crap” once he started training with them every day.
He scored the goal five days before his 17th birthday to become the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history, which has since been broken. When asked what it was like to idolise some Everton players and the next minute be the best in the squad,“For me to go in with Duncan , Stubbsy , all of them who have I grew up watching, to then go and play with them, train with them every day and play with them, and then so quickly, I remember thinking: ‘These are crap!’“I couldn’t believe how bad some of them were. I remember thinking ‘I’m better than all these players’.
Marcus Rashford, one of Rooney’s former team-mates at Manchester United, has been in great form for the Red Devils and England recently after struggling last season.
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