Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have had better careers than Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, according to Stan Collymore.
Rooney, who surpassed Sir Bobby Charlton’s record by scoring his 250th goal for the club at the weekend to become Manchester United’s all-time top-scorer, will go down in history as one of football’s greatest players, according to the former Liverpool man.
‘If you take out the big two, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he has had as good a career as anybody in the world over the last decade,’ Collymore wrote in his Daily Mirror column.
‘You don’t break Sir Bobby Charlton’s England or Manchester United’s goal records without being something very special,’ he added.
‘So huge congratulations to Wayne Rooney for achieving both, for a fantastic career that has seen him win virtually every trophy.’