I’ll have to see if I actually do it one day how it’s perceived across the nation.
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Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Antonio said: “I’m settling in quite well, it is just nerve-wracking a little bit because I didn’t expect this so early in my Premier League career”. I’m a player who’s going to get it and I’m going to run at the full-back.
“Russia will be my last opportunity to do anything with England”.
Alan Shearer recently made the bold claim that Rooney ought to retire from worldwide football in the interest of consolidating his Manchester United career.
For Rooney, however, there is still enough fuel in the tank for one more tournament.
“Obviously it is the manager’s decision”. But you can’t be neat and tidy and also be rising above people at the far stick to score goals. We haven’t really spoken about it – we will in the next couple of days.
“I said before the Euros I enjoy playing in this team, I’m excited by the players and that’s the case still”. As qualifying for the finals gets underway this week both captain and coach will be under intense scrutiny against a side that has lost just five matches since January 2014 and beat Spain in qualifying for Euro 2016.
“It’s still two years away and I started playing professional football at 16 and global when I was 17 so it’ll have been 15 years, it’s a lot of years and I think that’ll be the right time to finish”.
“I’ve known that for a while”.
“To pick someone like me from my background, it is a risk but the gaffer has shown his belief in me and now I have got to show it to the world”. “I will have a year left at United then [2018]”.
But Rooney stressed he still plans to carry on playing for United after ending his global stint.
“I said I’m available for selection”, he said.
“I don’t think about it before”.
“I did an interview at the end of the game and I came in and the physio went over to me and said “you’ve been called up.’ I said ‘Ha, funny”, he recalled. The camp has been good, we have only had one session, but we are all excited about what ideas he can bring to us’.
Rooney added: “As a player, an experienced player, I know how to manage my body through training”.
“In the grand scheme of it, I love playing for my country, I feel I can still do it. Hopefully I can end my time with England on a high”, he said (via ESPN and BBC).
The Manchester United forward, who will become England’s most capped outfield player on Sunday, started off by setting an worldwide retirement date.
There has been enough failure with England along the way, and he insists it is now time to learn from it. “So 15 years of global football is a lot of years and, in my eyes, I think that would be the right time to finish”.
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“He’ll want to find out why we keep tripping up”.
