Rooney and Ronaldo played together at United for five years between 2004 and 2009.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic made some interesting comments about Wayne Rooney as he discussed Cristiano Ronaldo 's spell as a Manchester United player.was "jealous" of his career longevity while appearing to refer to him as a "rat" along with other former colleagues.However, Ibrahimovic saw it differently. Speaking in 2015 before Ronaldo made a return to Old Trafford, he remarked Rooney was putting in more work which got overlooked.
Ibrahimovic would also make similar comments as he was being interviewed for a documentary about Rooney. "When Cristiano Ronaldo played at United, Rooney did all the work but Cristiano took all the glory," he said."He was the one who was getting the goals. Rooney ran, fought and made far more of a team sacrifice than the player from Madeira.
The Swede added: "Great players have exceptional phases that last from between one to three years, it’s not normal that this phase lasts five years as in the case with Rooney." Daniel is a social editor for SPORTbible after moving from the writing team. Nearly scored past Stormzy at Old Trafford once.
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