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John Stones strongly believes that England’s captain, Wayne Rooney remains a key player for England.

The England International will continue to be the captain of the senior men’s team under the interim manager, Gareth Southgate notwithstanding his poor performances this season which has led to him losing his starting spot at club level under Manchester United’s coach, Jose Mourinho.

Wayne Rooney’s future at Manchester United has been speculated a lot in recent weeks owing to the striker being dropped from the first team by manager José Mourinho.

Several rumours indicate that the manager does not see the striker as an integral part of the club anymore. Rooney is only a couple of goals away from equalling the all-time goalscoring record held by Sir Bobby Charlton. He has made more than 500 appearances for the club with 250 goals to his name. Mourinho has claimed that he will not sell the player of this stature.

Peter Shilton is a retired footballer who during his playing career, he managed to make over 100 appearances for the English national football team and Shilton has recently voiced his thoughts concerning Wayne Rooney and it seems like Shilton is not a fan of seeing the Manchester United player performing at the international stage.

Wayne Rooney is 30 years old and his performances have recently been underwhelming, the Englishman has consistently been critiqued for his contributions as he just isn’t the same player that he was a few years ago.

Paul Pogba is set to displace Wayne Rooney as the highest earning player at Old Trafford.

The France international broke world record when he moved from Juventus to Manchester United for £89 million this week. The player started from the youth team of the club but left as he felt he was not appreciated enough. He was pushing for £65,ooo in weekly wages but will now earn up to £290,ooo pre tax, barring bonus payments.

Michael Owen has stated that Jose Mourinho is a much better manager than Louis van Gaal. The former Liverpool and Manchester United striker said that Mourinho has a winning mentality that will be beneficial for the Red Devils. He stated that this was evidenced in the first press conference made by the Portuguese manager.

Indeed, Jose Mourinho said that his objective is to win the title with Manchester United and that he is not interested in finishing fourth. Michael Owen believes that this is what differentiates Louis van Gaal from Jose Mourinho. He said that when the Dutch manager took over, Manchester United fans were told that they should not expect too much and made them believe that finishing fourth is good enough for them.

Fans turn on Wayne Rooney after he posted holiday pictures of himself and his family ahead of the forthcoming season.

The fans haven’t forgotten the dismal performances of the Three Lions team at the Euro 2016 in France.

The English superstar was all smiles as he was pictured with his wife Coleen on holiday. He shared the pictures on his personal page on Instagram, a popular social media platform where he has 6.9 million followers and fans turned on him. The fans are still furious at the defeat and posted all forms of insults in the comments section on the player’s page.

The Euro 2016 him to do more misery on the England national team, which has already been criticised a lot for its failure to do anything of significance at a major tournament.

It has been more than four decades since the England national team, which prides itself on having been the nation that discovered the football, lifted a major honour. Back then, the World Cup title was won with home advantage spurring on the players. The national team has not come close to matching the achievements of the 1966 team.

There was a time when Wayne Rooney being benched in an international game would have made the biggest breaking news in English press and the manager responsible for that would have to provide the most suitable of the explanations to justify what he has done.

Rooney had to be the first name on the sheet, no matter where England is playing and against whom. But, times and situations do change for a sportsperson and quite dramatically.

We are in an era now where if Roy Hodgson doesn’t put Rooney among the starters on 11th of next month when England makes the start of their run in the European Championships, it would not be difficult for people to make peace with that because there are players who are more likely to win England the game in the front line than Rooney is.

Sky Sports pundit Thierry Henry is of the opinion that Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney should be included in the England squad, but he admitted that the 30-year-old is no longer the first choice with the team.

Rooney has been suffering from poor form in the last two years, but it has been due to a combination of being played out of position. Since the arrival of Anthony Martial, Rooney has been asked to play in a variety of roles like an attacking midfielder or wide man. These are positions where scoring a lot of goals will be tough.

Tottenham must not focus on Arsenal in the final few matches of the season, according to manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Spurs’ second position is under threat as a result of going three matches without a win. This would be a major setback for Tottenham after having been challenging for the title throughout the campaign. Mauricio Pochettino has undoubtedly made a lot of difference to the club, but he will feel disappointed with his team falling a whopping 10 points behind champions Leicester City. Spurs have been showing signs of pressure in recent weeks and they have been blown out of proportion following the loss against Southampton during the weekend.