Rooney salutes evergreen Giggs

Wayne Rooney was full of praise for Ryan Giggs, after the veteran winger provided two goals and scored another in United's 4-1 win at Fratton Park.


The Welshman, who turned 36 on Sunday, was at his influential best against Avram Grant's side and, although Rooney's hat-trick hogged the headlines, it was the contribution of Giggs which had the England international purring.

"He's amazing," Rooney told MUTV. "His energy, his workrate, his passing and his movement are unbelievable. It's a privilege to play with him.

"He plays more like a 26-year-old; he's up and down, he's everywhere. It's great for him to get his 100th Premier League goal. I didn't know (about the record) until after the game, but I'm delighted for him."

Rooney also took time out to praise the man on the opposite flank; Antonio Valencia, who gave Portsmouth a torrid time and continued his rapid assimilation to the United style of play.

"I think he's settling in more and he's looking much more of a threat now," said Rooney. "He's scored a few goals in recent weeks, he's big, strong, quick and if he keeps improving the way he is, he'll be a real threat for us throughout the season."

source: manutd.com

Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin's wedding details revealed

Wayne Rooney has confessed he would rather have had a 'quickie' wedding in Las Vegas than the £5 million extravaganza his bride demanded.

Rooney tied the knot with childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin on the Italian Riviera last week.

OK! magazine has paid £2.5 million for exclusive access to the big day and is certainly determined to get its money's worth, spreading the nuptials over 75 pages and billing it as "the most glamorous and talked-about wedding of the decade".

But, asked if they ever wished they could have eloped instead, McLoughlin replied: "Wayne would."

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I'll never move abroad, says red-hot Rooney

'Our game has improved so much in the past few seasons,' he said.

'We've proved we have the best league in the world — which is why we attract the best players in the world.

'It's down to English players if they decide to play abroad but, for me, English football is the best. I love playing here and I'm pretty sure that'll never change.'

Rooney's comments will perhaps provoke a little mirth on Merseyside.

After all, the 22-year-old once vowed never to leave Everton — and promptly left for Old Trafford in 2004.

But United's win over Lyon on Tuesday and Arsenal's stunning triumph in Milan have clearly got Rooney thinking about the prospects of English clubs meeting in the last eight of the Champions League — and perhaps beyond.

He added: 'It'd be nice if the English teams could stay apart in the Champions League and go further. It would be a shame if we drew each other.'

United were not at their scintillating best as they disposed of Lyon on the back of a 1-1 away draw and victory by a solitary Ronaldo goal at Old Trafford.

But Rooney echoed the sentiments of his manager Sir Alex Ferguson when he suggested United have the strength in depth to reach the final.

'We've brought good players in so the squad is bigger and we haven't got many serious injury problems at the moment,' said Rooney.

'The likes of Anderson and Nani have come in and been brilliant but the main thing is we're enjoying our football.

'That's a big reason why we're going well in three competitions.

'But if we want to win the Champions League we'll have to improve on our performance against Lyon. We got a bit edgy in the second half, a bit nervous.

'We're looking for better performances. But we do have a lot of match-winners now. At the end of last season we had a lot of injuries and a few tired players. But this is a big squad and, hopefully, the rotation policy will help.

'If we get to the last four again we'll be a lot fresher because a lot of the players won't have played as many games as they did last season.'

Such are the attacking options now available to Ferguson that even Rooney occasionally has to do a stint on the bench as he did for the 3-0 Premier League win at Fulham last weekend.

Rooney hates missing out and would rather play every game but admitted yesterday that the arrival of players like Carlos Tevez has helped him raise his own levels.

Is the Treble realistic? 'I hope so but you never know in football.'

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Fabio Capello unplugs Wayne Rooney's PlayStation

England football supremo Fabio Capello has decreed that his team will not be allowed to play video games during international training time, in an attempt to put a stop to the famous 'PlayStation culture' within the squad.

The rule is one of several edicts that the Italian boss hopes will instill a sense of discipline among his underachieving, highly paid charges. There will also be bans on visitors, flip-flops and hopeless route-one football. We hope.

Whether it will significantly improve the side's chances of qualifying for the World Cup remains to be seen - sounds like the O'Neal Fallacy if you ask us, not that we'd claim to know what makes a professional footballer tick - but you have to admire the PR nous of the manoeuvre: no one ever lost public sympathy by cracking down on youthful reprobates, which is exactly how the current England squad are perceived. And targets don't get much softer than dissolute, video-game-playing millionaire athletes who (with a couple of exceptions) didn't give a strong impression of caring that they won't be heading to Switzerland and Austria this summer.

But let's take the side of the dissolute, video-game-playing millionaire athletes for a moment. You're a young kid, far from home, trapped in a hotel room with only Steven Gerrard for company. The iPod has run out of batteries. You can't read a newspaper, because people will say you're gay. How do you pass the time? It's obvious: stick on Gears of War. Or, if you're Jonathan Woodgate, Dr Kawashima's Brain Training.

source: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1639&blogid=4

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Birthdate:	24 Oct 1985
Birthplace:	Croxteth
Position:	Striker
Appearances:	161
Joined United:	31 Aug 2004
United Debut:	28 Sep 2004 v Fenerbahce (H)
International	England

Wayne Rooney is a player in a hurry. He burst onto the Old Trafford stage in September 2004, just as he had burst into the Premiership with Everton, and has become arguably United’s most important player.

Much was expected of the England’s 18-year-old hero of Euro 2004 when he swapped Everton, his boyhood club, for the Reds in August of that year. Yet becoming the world’s most expensive teenager - £20m rising to a possible £30m – did little to phase him.

In his very first game at Old Trafford he produced a stunning display, putting behind him the frustrations of a metatarsal injury, to blast an

unforgettable debut hat-trick past a shell-shocked Fenerbahce.

It was a fairytale start to his United career and very much a sign of what was to follow. By the end of the 2004/05 campaign he’d amassed 17 goals in 43 appearances. Sadly he missed out on his first winners medal – United losing on penalties to Arsenal in the FA Cup final – but was rightly named PFA Young Player of the Year.

Rooney’s second season at Old Trafford saw him again take huge strides, justifying his billing as one of the world’s most exciting young talents. He netted the Reds first goal of the season against Debreceni and ended the season with 19 goals in 48 matches. It was a contribution that saw him named both Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year by fans and PFA Young Player of the year (again) by his fellow professionals.

The young striker openly endeavours to better his goals tally each season, and the 2006/07 campaign saw Rooney achieve his aim with 23 strikes as he shook off a difficult World Cup with England.

Rooney's red card during England's quarter-final defeat to Portugal caused a media storm in Britain, not least because of the involvement of United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, but Wayne rose above

the controversy to register another excellent year at United.

A long goalscoring drought was emphatically ended with a stunning hat-trick at Bolton, while doubts over his ability to find the net in Europe were well and truly banished as he netted four goals in the Champions League latter stages; home and away against Roma and a brace at Old Trafford against AC Milan.

The development of the man Sir Alex describes as “the best young player I have seen in my time” continues at a rate which causes either exhilaration or consternation, depending on who you support.

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