The last season of the 31-year-old striker in the T-shirt of the Red Devils, led by Jose Mourinho, has become for Rooney the weakest since his arrival in the MJ. Wayne showed a record low performance for himself, scoring just 10 goals in all tournaments.

After such an unfortunate period, the British media and fans attacked Rooney with destructive criticism, which Wayne certainly did not deserve. Instead of calling the attacker a shadow of himself, the fans should give Rooney due, because in the time spent at Old Trafford, he deserved to be called the true legend of United and the England team.

Having joined the Red Devils 13 years ago, Wayne has evolved from a promising teenager to captain of the mankunians, leading the team forward during one of the most successful periods in her history.

As part of United Rooney five times won the Premier League, won four times in the Super Bowl of England, became the owner of the FA Cup, the Champions League Cup and the winner of the club world championship.

Because Wayne moved to Manchester from Everton and then returned to the Liverpool club, fans of the Red Devils may not put him on a par with Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Bobby Charlton, who all their career Held in United. Nevertheless, Rooney, undoubtedly, deserved the right to be called the legend of the mankunians.

Eight incredible facts from Wayne's career prove that this player is one of the greatest in the history of Manchester United and England.

Rooney - the best scorer in the history of Manchester United.

This season, Wayne brought the number of his goals in the Red Devils T-shirt to a record 253, surpassing the achievement of the legendary Bobby Charlon, who once defended United 249 times.

Rooney is the second assistant in the history of the mankunians.

On the account of the striker 98 assists for United, and by this indicator he is second only to midfielder Ryan Giggs, who once set a record high of 131 assistants.

Rooney - Golden Boy Award winner.

The most prestigious prize, marking the skill of young players, was won by Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Paul Pogba. A proud place in this series is occupied by Wayne Rooney, who received an award in 2004. Just that year, he joined the ranks of the MJ.

Rooney - the best scorer in the history of the England team.

Wayne has surpassed previous achievements of Gary Lineker (48 goals) and Bobby Charlton (49 goals) back in September 2015, having distinguished himself at the gate of the national team of Switzerland with an 11-meter mark. At the moment, Rooney has 53 goals in his T-shirt in his account.

Rooney is the youngest goal-scorer in the history of the England national team.

His first ball in the adult team of the Three Lions, Wayne scored in the gate of Macedonia at the age of 17 and 317 days.

Rooney - the record for the number of matches for the England team among the field players.

In his career, Wayne went out in the national team's T-shirt 119 times. By this indicator, he is second only to the goalkeeper Peter Shilton, but among the field players it is he who is the record holder. It is possible that the 31-year-old striker will hold 7 more matches in the England squad before the end of his career, surpassing the achievement of Shilton.

Rooney is the youngest English player to play on the field in the qualification match for the World Cup.

Wayne took part in the match of the qualifying tournament for the World Cup between England and Liechtenstein at the age of 17 and 156 days.

Rooney became the author of the largest number of goals in one round of the qualifying tournament for the World Cup.

During the 2008-2009 campaign, Wayne scored 9 goals.