Rio Ferdinand has joked that Wayne Rooney looked like a "Sunday footballer" following his retirement. The pair were team-mates at Manchester United for almost a decade and shared plenty of success.
Rooney was a leading light under Sir Alex Ferguson and Ferdinand went on to say that he "played like a world beater". By the time the forward bought the curtain down on his 14-year stay in Manchester he was the club's all-time top scorer.
Ferdinand recalls being impressed with Rooney as a teenager and demanding his parents make sure he signed for United. He said: "What a career this kid has had, I laid eyes on him early when he was 16 or 17 years old. "I remember after an England game saying to his mum and dad in the players' lounge 'make
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