Wayne Rooney has named four icons that would make a ‘Mount Rushmore’ of Manchester United legends.
Things may be tough for Manchester United right now, but that doesn’t take away from the club’s incredible history.
The Red Devils have won a record 13 Premier League titles as well as three European Cups, but there have also been plenty of low points in the club’s history, such as the Munich Air Disaster and relegation from the First Division in 1974.
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That means United fans have seen the best players to play in England. Some of them graduated from United’s academy before winning the biggest honours in football.
Photo by John Peters/Manchester United via Getty ImagesWayne Rooney’s Man Utd edition of Mount Rushmore
After scoring 253 goals for United, Wayne Rooney will go down in history as the club’s top goalscorer.
Rooney won everything he could at United, but couldn’t find a place for himself on his very own MUFC-themed Mount Rushmore.
Instead, he picked two former managers and two former players.
The first selection went to Sir Alex Ferguson, who managed Rooney for nine years and left an incredible legacy behind him at Old Trafford.
Next up after Ferguson is Sir Matt Busby for rebuilding the club after the air disaster in 1958.
The first player to make the United Mount Rushmore is Sir Bobby Charlton, who is followed by Ryan Giggs.
Giggs is the most decorated player in English football history, and he is the only player on the list that Rooney played with during his time at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney makes Anfield admission before Man Utd trip
Speaking ahead of United’s trip to Anfield, Rooney has warned it will be a “horrible place to go” for Ruben Amorim’s side on Sunday.
Liverpool are looking to end a run of three defeats across all competitions, while United are trying to climb up the Premier League table from 10th.
Rooney has predicted a difficult evening for his former club when Amorim’s team take on the reigning champions.
“I think, going to Anfield in any situation, regardless of whether Liverpool have lost a few games, you go and these players, and the press and high end of the crowds up at Anfield, and it was a horrible, horrible place to go,” Rooney said on his self-titled BBC show.
“And I think just with Liverpool losing three games, and that pride kicks in, and the fans will know, the fans are not stupid.
“They’ll know, they’ll get behind the team and push them. So, I think if United come away with a few points that’d be huge.
“I think the Liverpool [and] United [rivalry] is more deep hate, I think Everton [and] Liverpool, because it’s your family that are Liverpool fans, it’s not hatred, it’s just a rivalry but I think United Liverpool is deep, deep hatred.
“I think the cities [of] Liverpool and Manchester – the people are so similar.
“So, I think that’s a working class, down to earth families which adds to it. It’s similar cities, similar culture.”