Wayne Rooney - The Beginning of the End

Dropped from the manchester united and england teams in the space of 18 days, he seems to be at crossroad. However, he was the soul of manchester united and england till the latest developments....

- Puneet Ahlawat

Manchester United had just won last season’s FA Cup when Coleen Rooney approached Louis van Gaal and said something which suggested that a penny had dropped very late in her husband’s football development. “I want to thank you for giving him responsibility. It’s made him live better,” she said. The evidence of the past six weeks tells us that Rooney grew up and saw the light too late. Dropped from the Manchester United and England teams in the space of 18 days, he seems to be at crossroad. However, he was the soul of Manchester United and England till the latest developments. In 2009–10, Rooney was awarded the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year. He has won the Premier League Player of the Month award five times, a record only bettered by Steven Gerrard.