Who is the best England player Wayne Rooney ever played with? | Exclusive Interview 

There’s such mutual respect between wazza and stevie, fills your heart

Gerrard is like the 'Roberto Duran' of football.. People talk about his losses/mistakes more than his great moments. Such a shame. I'm not even a Liverpool fan. Top man Rooney. Well said.

Rooney saying Gerrard is mind blowing to me - simply because of the rivalry at that time, a history of Everton & United, both clubs who are not fond of Liverpool but he pushes that aside to remain objective. I hated Rooney as a player simply because of how scary he was as an opponent, being a Liverpool fan. I hope he does a good job in his managerial career.

Stevie pulled em through games . Gerard what a player what a player!!

STEVEN GERRARD... a true legend. Just like this man.

Steven Gerrard a world class player. He carried liverpool for years.

Wayne, Gerrard, Lampard, Gary, Beckham, Scholes, Carrick...what a fine selection you guys had in England. You have to be proud ! Cheers from Brazil !

Rival fans for once in your lifetime be not bias and use footballing brain. StevieG played for England too. He deserves more credit from football fans.

He's a lot more intelligent than people give him credit for... I always hated how back in the day when he was young a fiesty he was often branded as this thick and ugly archetypal footballer because the way he read games and moved the ball showed very high intelligence that a lot of genetically gifted athletic players simply don't have. And you can see he has a lot of emotional intelligence from the way he carries himself off the pitch and how he talks about his family.

ROONEY IS ONE OF THE BEST CENTRE FORWARDS EVER PLAYED!!! Congratulations pal all the best for your future.

The fact he's all time record goalscorer for Man United & England, & "doesn't really consider himself a goalscorer", tells you all you need to know about how talented he was!

Heart warming. Thank you Wayne from a PNE fan.

Fair play to Wayne for saying Gerrard was the best English player he played with just goes to show how good Stevie G was!!

Honestly, I didnt like Rooney at all when he was at United, but now I've watched so many interviews of him and of course also of Stevie praising his abilities. It was never in doubt that Wayne is a fantastic player but seeing him talking now and feeling that respect between him and Stevie is so great to see. He talks intilligent and I really like him nowadays

Come on England let's give Rooney the send off he deserves

The last couple of sentences was on the money and appreciated by true footballl fans, someone that looked like they were desperate to play week in week out . The passion from this player, intensity and a love for the game, who ever you support, he is up there as one of the greatest players - personally still felt he had more in him. Loved watching this man

I’m a 43 year old Newcastle fan and I would say Gazza was England’s best player but it was Gerrard. Ronaldo aside Gerrard for me was the premier leagues best ever player. (Sorry shearer)

Rooney is such an underrated player. He was unbelievably good especially at such a young age. This coming from a Liverpool fan.

I remember watching lots of PL games back in the day with my pops as a kid. Both of us loved MANU and Rooney damn!!! This lad is the reason for lots of good memories

I still think he is criminally underrated and I think he is underrated because people don't like him because of all the controversy that followed him. On the pitch he always played well, scoring, creating, all them goals and records and from around 27 year old me played as a midfielder, not a striker, one of the best of his generation.

What a good lad. A good example to others - especially kids.

Rooney was an absolute joy to watch in his prime. Top class player

Gerrard was the best English midfielder to ever grace a football pitch. No one has or will be better IMO. His knowledge technique and will to win is so special. It doesn’t matter what he won it’s about how good he was with the players around him.

Ex Everton and United player saying Gerrard is the best I think proves it

great player loved when Ronaldo and him played toghter!100% here from Portugal

Wayne looks older than Gary. Well done, lad.

Top man Wayne. Worked on a few commercials with him. Top bloke.

Rooney deserves it he’s an England legend and a united legend he’s an icon in English football and that’s facts

Steven Gerrard was the most complete midfield of this generation.

Pls post the whole interview

I knew Rooney was going to be the greatest English striker of our time when he scored that volley against Newcastle

Gerrard was so so so good in his prime just coz he slipped at the age 30 something people think he wasn’t that good.

Involved in over 80 goals for England in 117 games. Not too shabby. Great player.

I’m 28 and been a massive Liverpool fan my whole life just because I loved Steven Gerrard so much. At the time I would have hated it, but in hindsight it would have been nice to have seen Stevie leave and win trophies

I remember when he came on for his first game and scored for Everton. Savage goal. Great player.

What a cheeky dig at 4:20 at Neville (reminding him of Valencia)😂😂😂

Love the way he says Gary Neville

From a Scottish guy here.what a player he is.still

That was nice that he instinctively referred to his school and local area when shown a photo of himself. I don't think that was media training.

Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore were great players for England winning the world cup.

Rooney is such a hardworking guy. I wish he could have won more international awards

Abusolute legend. Fully deserved his send off. Cheers Rooney for everything 👍

Don’t think there is enough respect on his name great player great captain

Nice seeing Rooney and Neville together

Of course he said gerrard. Any person with a footballing brain knows that Gerrard is the greatest English midfielder ever

Love Wazza, undeniable English and United legend. Much respect to him, this coming from an England and Spurs fan.

What most people don’t know because it’s always overshadowed by Liverpool and Man Utd rivalry is the respect and admiration between Gerrard and Rooney. To be honest when I found out this long time ago I was surprised too

The legend Wayne Rooney

Damnit! Players youve ”hated” for such a long time seems so likeble when they end their carrers ;)

That 2006 World Cup England squad was stacked from the starters to the bench. Really should have won it all...

He's a Man U legend, speaking in an interview to another Man U legend, and said a Liverpool legend is the best he's played. Lol. Shows you how great Gerrard is. Nice lad, Rooney.

Record scorer for the one of th biggest clubs in the world and also his country, still underrated. If you say he’s overrated etc you either don’t know football or you’re a Liverpool fan

By far the best English footballer of all time in my opinion!!

Was and will always be my best player always,wazza.

England's golden generation should have won a major trophy. Incredible players.

Missing this team 2 legends

Never peaked early. He was playing since 16 so hit his peak younger than what everyone else did because they experience he gathered at a young age

4:35 you don’t know until you try. That’s true for Gary lol

Nice mention of Gerrard. Even as a Toffee and Former Manc, Rooney had the decency to know class when he saw it. Both Gerrard and Owen both spoke very highly of Rooney in their books.

He's doing some job for DC, some of the highlights have been ridiculous

Rooney will always be my idol, a legend

Scholes and gerrard played together consistently, and less relience on a 4.4.2., England would of been a force to be reckoned with. Alas what might have been.

Fully deserved memorial match.

Thank u Rooney for ur contributions, but at times he used to get angry though due to frustration. Still the best.

Australia beating England in England brings back great memories.

"Getting the boot off sir Bobby..." That's about right!!

That "Yeah" at 2:05 from Gary was priceless. So disappointed.

I would of loved that England team to get to the final. Italy reminded me of the old England

Gerrard wasn't just a player he was a team

Rooney is underrated. How did the guy become top scorer of all time both in England and Manchester United? Clubs that had fiercest strikers in the world.

The man who make me love football ...ohhhhh wazza i really really really really really love u

Cracked me up when he said pep😂😂😂

Always respected Rooney

Wayne Rooney is on the top 3 list of greatest English Men alive and I personally believe this fifa card should be at an flat 95. This man is better than beckham hands down.

Gotta love wazza he dreamed big and achieved

The golden generation once discussed why they had failed .. it’s their ego and the stupid rivalry between clubs that caused it . They have only themselves to blame . Man Utd players sitting one table , Liverpool players sitting another table , Chelsea players sitting another table . There was no togetherness . Glad Gareth changed all that .

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER WAYNE ROONEY

Rooneys been on the scene for nearly two years. He’s scored goals wherever he’s gone. He’s the record goal scorer for the best club in the country’s history and for the national side, as well as the record outfield appearance holder. He’s won everything there is to win at club level, he’s scored in finals, he’s scored goals from the halfway line, from over his head to win derbies, pressure penalties. He’s done it all but and he SHOULD be in the bracket of “we were lucky to see him play”, he peaked early and United failure towards the end and Englands collective failure should take nothing away because he is the greatest player in England’s history

Well done Wayne amazing career highest goal scorer in the derby witch still pisses me off haha

The last of his kind. Roy of the Rovers with extra fire in his belly. His debut goal v Arsenal. His talk to the ref and volley v Newcastle. His bicycle kick against City. Comic book stuff.

Rooney 👏 from a Liverpool fan

Great man. Went my Nans once and he was on the sofa. No idea why but he seemed pleasant enough

I’m Liverpool fan, Rooney was a great player who worked hard for the team, towards the end of his United career he was a shadow of himself (but that’s the norm on great players near the later part of their playing days) . Well done Wayne (England top scorer ever). Ps Gerrard was better tho

Bald Rooney and Skinny Ronaldo were absolute monsters for UTD. People talk abt Mbappe Haaland but these went toe to toe in toughest league against Arsenal Invincible and Mou Chelsea era.

Rooney is a LEGEND

Rooney had bags of ability, that much is undeniable, it's why Ferguson showed so much patience. It's a shame he never reached the world class potential he clearly had. And I always found it surprising that Fergie put up with so many drops in Rooney's form, the fitness/weight problems, his attempts to force a move to Chelsea (twice), his holding the club to ransom for wage increases. I think about the hard line that he took with players who were arguably more talented than Rooney, or at the very least were more consistent, such as Stam, Van Nistelrooy, Keane, Beckham, plus other players who were dropped as soon as their form dipped. For that reason, it was obvious that Fergie's personal relationship with Wayne is what prevented the manager forcing him out, which is similar to how Fergie treated Cantona

Boy was Rooney king once and he bashed them in easy. Can't belive his playing career nearing its end. I had the tops with his name on it! Being a united fan, Gerrard in the squad was key. Only if Scholes was in international we would have been so much stronger as an English side. I struggle to get behind the new kids on the block but we better start appreciating them now coz before you know it they too would see the end of the line. Time just goes too quickly......

Rooney managing Everton 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

One of the greatest could do it all

Always have a lot of respect for Rooney. Only annoying thing here is that he doesn't mention Poch. Pep understandably but Klopp hasn't done too much with English players bar maybe Gomez. Poch on the other hand has kicked off the high press in England. He's produced the spine of the England team (Walker, Rose, Dier, Alli, Kane, Trippier, Winks)

Good luck to him.

Records speak for itself enough said

He’s right, if he didn’t get injured we would’ve won euro 2004. What a player he was

They were great in England team, Stevie and Wayne. I am a Liverpool supporter but it was my first guess after reading the title. Any guy of his generation with proper footballing sense and no partiality would answer the same I think.

Oh miss that time..

Clever bloke , doesn't get the credit he deserves . Definitely up the with Uniteds best .

Liking this because he said Gerrard

I miss players like Rooney you don’t miss them until there gone

Which minute about Emile Heskey??

Top man Rooney coming from a city fan