GiveMeSport
·6 December 2022
GiveMeSport
·6 December 2022
Wayne Rooney has admitted that it didn’t take him long to think some of his Everton teammates were “c**p” after breaking into the Toffees’ first team as a teenager.
Rooney, one of the greatest players of the Premier League era, famously burst onto the scene in October 2002 aged just 16.
He ended Arsenal’s 30-game unbeaten run in the Premier League with a magnificent goal which has been replayed time and again over the past 20 years.
Rooney continued playing for Everton before announcing himself to the world with a series of sensational performances for England at Euro 2004.
United, where he cemented his status as an all-time great.
Man Utd and England’s record goalscorer eventually ended his playing career in 2021 following a brief spell with Derby County – a club he went on to manage until 2022.
The 37-year-old is now in charge of Major League Soccer outfit D.C. United.
Rooney isn’t afraid to voice his honest feelings when it comes to footballing matters.
He inadvertently upset his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo recently by suggesting that Man Utd were not a better team with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner in it.
And now he’s admitted that he thought some of his Everton teammates were rubbish.
During an interview with Toffee TV, per the Daily Mail, Rooney said: “It’s mad how quick it changed.
“For me to go in with Duncan (Ferguson), Stubbsy (Alan Stubbs), 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 c***!’
“Obviously not all of them, but some of the players I was thinking, ‘what’s going on here?’
“I couldn’t believe how bad some of them were. I remember thinking ‘I’m better than all these players’.
“That’s not disrespecting to them players but some of them just weren’t good enough and should never have played for Everton.”
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In fairness to Rooney, he was one of the best footballers in the world for most of his illustrious career.
Everton’s players were nowhere near the same level in terms of quality and it didn’t take long for the former England captain to realise that.