Louis van Gaal put Phil Jones on penalties over Wayne Rooney after Man Utd error

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Wayne Rooney said that he was once sent to the "back of the queue" for penalties by Louis van Gaal. On a recent episode of The Stick to Football podcast, the Manchester United legend - alongside Ian Wright, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, and Jill Scott - spilt the beans on a peculiar rule the Dutchman implemented about spot kicks.

He explained: "For the forwards, if you're the penalty taker - if you miss - you're the back of the queue. "Even in pre-season, if you miss a penalty, you go to number seven or eight in the queue." He then detailed how this policy affected him directly, adding: "We got three penalties pre-season, I scored the first two.

The last game before - we played Sevilla at Old Trafford - I've hit the post. READ MORE: Wayne Rooney struggles seal Man United fate as 10-year prediction left in tatters READ MORE: I've been in Ruud van Nistelrooy meetings at Man United – this is what he's really like "So for the first game of the season, I was like number eight penalty taker." Adding to the comedy of the situation, Rooney revealed: "Phil Jones went into the game as the penalty taker and you've got me and [Robin] Van Persie." Rooney's exceptional talent was evident from his early days.

He exploded onto the football scene with Everton, making his senior debut at just 16 years old in a 2-2 draw against Spurs in August 2002.