The Secret Footballer can say whatever he wants about Rooney right now because he has been playing rubbish for a while but to say he has never been a worldclass player is blasphemous in my book.
Rooney was devastating in his prime, a pitbull off it’s leash. He destroyed Arsenal, Liverpool, AC Milan, Manchester City, and every other team of relevance to United fans at crucial moments several times.
It is completely myopic to rubbish a man’s entire career because he is aging badly. I don’t care if he drinks beer, he still was a fabulous footballer – “worldclass” by anyone’s definition.
Actually, since Paul Gascoigne is rubbish now why don’t we write off his prime as well – he had a fair few pints didn’t he??