Former Spain and Barcelona midfielder Xavi is confident embattled Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney will return to his goalscoring best.
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Rooney has certainly not escaped scrutiny as the team laboured to three consecutive goalless draws before recent victories over CSKA and West Brom, yet Sheringham believes he is struggling to fulfil that lone striker role.
Rooney has come under fire over a shortage of goals this season, but he showed that he could still find the target after being challenged by Wade Barrett during the “Raw” show at Manchester Arena on Monday. He has proved that time and again down the years. You have a top-quality player there, so you would like to think there is a way of finding a system that will suit him.
They are fourth in the league, two points behind the leaders. “That doesn’t sound like a bad position to be in if you are not firing on all cylinders”.
Rooney’s brightest game in a United shirt this season was the second leg Champions League play-off against Club Brugge, where he scored a hat-trick and helped United earn a place back in the elite European competition after they played purely domestic matches in 2014/15. For once, this wasn’t the England striker’s fiery temperament resurfacing but a playful clash with a WWE star.
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“Vardy always had the talent and the drive to succeed, but he just needed to get into the box more and score more goals”. He offered Rooney to fight him in the ring. There seems to be a lot of excuses being made for Rooney’s performances but the player must start to look at himself.
