Rooney hits back at 'disrespectful' Gerrard over 'egotistical losers' claim about England's golden generation

Manchester Joined tale Wayne Rooney possesses hit support at previous Liverpool star Steven Gerrard after his testimonies on England’s gold generation.

Regardless of the 3 Lions exuding wearing talented players in the 2000s, England failed to acquire to the last of a major tournament wearing Fabio Capello and also Sven-Goran Eriksson falling short to acquire the breathtaking out of the players.

David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, Honest Lampard, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, John Terry and also Jamie Carragher are totally some of the players who were at the disposal of the managers.

Their power outage to win anything in the first years or so of the 2000s was postured down to players falling short to postured club rivalries aside wearing Manchester Joined, Liverpool, Chelsea and also Arsenal fighting for the same trophies.

Gerrard fresh confessed that was one top priority wearing the previous Liverpool midfielder insisting that the England group support then was full of “egotistical losers”.

He said on Rio Ferdinand’s podcast previously this week: “We were all egotistical losers.

“I watch the telly currently and also I investigate Jamie Carragher resting next off to Paul Scholes and also they look favor they’ve been breathtaking coworkers for 20 years.

“And also I investigate Carragher’s relationship wearing Gary Neville and also they look favor they’ve been coworkers for 20 years. I’m possibly more close and also cordial wearing you [Ferdinand] currently than I ever before was once I played wearing you for 15 years [for England].

“So why didn’t we fasten once we were 20, 21, 22, 23? Was it ego? Was it tournament?

“It was down to the culture within England. We weren’t cordial or connected. We weren’t a group. We never at any type of stage became a real commendable, solid group.

“I detested it. I didn’t gain it. Loathed the [hotel] enclosures.

“In my early days, I’d have days where I was down, favor low down. Assistance I’m in this elbowroom for seven hours, what am I going to carry out?

“There was zero social media, we didn’t have a DVD player or anything. Conduit 1 to 5 or whatever it was on TV. I sold to acquire low and also down.

“I sold to love the arcades. I sold to love dabbling for England. I was actually aggressive. I sold to gain the instructional sessions but it was 90 minutes a day. And also then I was totally on my terribly own.

“I didn’t feel component of a group. I didn’t feel connected wearing my group-coworkers, wearing England.

“I didn’t feel that wearing Liverpool. They were the breathtaking days of my pep. I really fingered favor the group filteringed system over me, favor I really fingered momentous. I really fingered favor I couldn’t wait to acquire there. With England, I totally wanted the arcades and also the instructional sessions and also then to be away.”

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And also previous England group-mate Rooney reckons Gerrard’s testimonies are “impolite” as all the players in the 3 Lions groups “massaged difficult”.

Rooney told his BBC podcast: “Seemingly, we didn’t win anything. I wouldn’t instead postured it that [Gerrard’s] way but I realize what he’s saying. There was innumerable copious individualities in the spice elbowroom.

“I wouldn’t case [England squads now have a] much more detailed way of supposing. That’s impolite to us as players since we massaged difficult, we risked. We didn’t instead juggle to carry out it.

“Also once you look support wearing the players we had can we have birthed out much more detailed? We can have but it wasn’t to be.

“What you have currently is [rival teams’] players instructional [together] before they revert to pre-period together – Phil Foden and also Marcus Rashford for instance.

“It’s a multifarious generation. The copious point is the media coverage of it is much much more detailed. The players acquire on much more detailed wearing the media. From the outward that confers a much more detailed suffer.

“It [was] arduous to have that relationship wearing Liverpool and also Guy Utd players. It’s less complicated currently.

“I speak to Steven all the time [now]. You can have much more detailed relationships currently since you can have a brew together and also unwind more.

“I was alright wearing everyone, I got on wearing everyone. I was aware Becks [David Beckham] and also Gary Neville and also Scholesy [Paul Scholes], you can investigate they weren’t going to be close to the Liverpool players.

“Yet one point for sure is everyone massaged difficult for each multifarious other. I wear’t assume that was an top priority. We totally didn’t juggle to acquire over the straighten. I didn’t investigate that at all.”