Funny part about this guy is not only he was a perfect striker but you could see him many times crossing ball perfectly, better than most of the midfieldiers :)
He's on a very similar level to Henry, in that respect. I've got Henry as the better striker, and Rooney as the slightly better player. He was magical.
@Woze899 you don't have to agree. It's just my opinion. Henry used to be my favourite until Rooney came on the scene. Even as a United fan. No shade on Henry AT ALL!
The touch of Joe Cole, the vision of Scholes, the technique of Gerrard, the finishing of Shearer topped off a with work rate better than anyone else. The definition of a complete player.
@@DirtyJamesUK And I can understand how some UTD fans see it as Sacrilegious to disagree with SAF ( &his Wisdom) but i just think Rooney should been given a much more freedom to express his rare bag of tricks! I've seen Garry Neville mention how Fergie used to be irritated that Rooney didn't automatically turn&attack when he received the Ball! ( But he had so much more to offer than that) And teams would have become wise to that anyway imo!!
@@jerryoshea3116 SAF is annoying at times lol. He named his only world class players and didn't name Rooney. Giggs, Scholes, Beckham, Gerrard, Ferdinand... many of his senior players knew he was world class at 15 or 16.
Better than anyone playing today . Players like him are the reason we watch the game the others are just names on the team sheet. From the age of 16 until retirement he was head and shoulders above 99% of the rest. One of the best ever.
Interestingly in Rooneys best season he scored something like 10-12 headers out of 40 goals. That was insane, it was the season after Ronaldo left. Bro was so good.
Thanks for the video! Utd fans who watched Rooney every week remember how good he was. Every touch, pass, tackle and bit of genius he did in most of his matches will never be forgotten. He was special. Hasn't been the same player since LVG's first season, but he was still top class!
The ultimate same same but different, both selfless. Sacrifice goals for wins, play for the teams success. Both score with ease. But Rooney can do everything Benzema can, Benzema can't do what Wayne can.
a lot of epl players didnt get recognition because youtube videos were taken down back in the day. ask any big editor/creator who makes football videos how they were banned or received strikes for publishing football videos. A lot of work that wayne rooney did was defensive and play making which is hard to find. Have to say this video does a decent job but you still have not scene what this guys was capable of doing. the only thing I hated was his stupid beef with ronaldo .....but apart from that as a player he was my childhood hero and a complete player....not a complete forward but a complete player
Sir Alex hated anyone being more than him. Beckham went, he had his favorites Wayne Rooney was for me the greatest Man United player ever, goals and assists, a workhorse. His agent overstepped the line, so Furgie snuffed him. Love Wazza much more that Fergie ~!
Rooney was extremely talented but ate hamburgers and grannies, never worked out, never improved himself otherwise he could have been compared with Messi instead of Benzema.
There was something strange about the spell under Moyes at United where Rooney suddenly started playing like Gazza again (like he used when he was at Everton). I think the armbands made him stop taking risks.
Benzema is better but Rooney was class. Glad to finally see a good highlights video of Wayne Rooney! Please do Michael Owen, Wesley Sneijder and Deco next!
Benzema 21/22 season is better than Rooney any season Kb9 was so much clutch in big games that season . If we are talking about career as a whole Rooney moth be better but benzema’s prime season was better than rooney
When Wayne was at his best the slightest knock did not result in a dive and theatrics as todays game does, the Game played by Wayne was better to watch red and yellow cards were at a minimum ,today the ref has a postman's sack full of cards, and try not to laugh at the mention of VAR, a pathetic deliverer of truth. Wayne was great and he played at a time when most players were honest, now they are just diving liars, who the ref's aid and abet.
What an absolute joke. Only United fans can even make this comparison to keep that overhyped ex-wonderkid relevant. Benzema in a few months last year achieved more than prime Rooney had since Ronaldo left and stopped winning for him. He did win the Premier League player of the year after winning that glorious league cup though.
I love and watch both United and Real, but I believe Rooney is the better of the two, certainly more talented but bouts of unfitness undermined his success, he would have been Ronaldo or Messi level but for booze.
@@vs6300 there are reasons why only Ronaldo or Messi are on Ronaldo or Messi level, and talent is only one of them. Having said that, Benzema is lightyears closer to that level than Rooney ever was.
@@YXL324 Benzema will never be Rooney level, sorry if you think so. His antics in the US of lifting a nondescript team from the absolute bottom and taking them into playoffs for two seasons straight singlehandedly prove that. No player has had such an impact in a league of all players who went there. And Barcelona wanted Rooney badly in 2010,, only an counter offer from United stopped that.
@@vs6300 what a nice fairy tale that is supported by 0 sources. Rooney was offered TO Barcelona in 2010 after handing in a transfer request, but he was turned down and signed another contract. As for the MLS, that's just ridiculous. You only go to the MLS from Europe if you're not good enough to play with the big boys anymore. You want to compare taking a lousy team to the playoff twice in a row to the current Ballon D'Or winner? He didn't even make it out of the first round, let alone win anything. At the same time of Rooney's "impact", Benzema was having his worst personal season since coming to Real. It ended with him scoring twice to beat Bayern and once in the CL final against Liverpool. In his best season though, where no one even considered Real as actual contenders, his antics took down PSG, Chelsea and City. But please, tell me more about how Rooney losing 5-1 in the first round of the MLS playoffs means he's better than Benzema.
@@YXL324 Lolol, Ronaldo and Benzema failed to take Real to another champions league for almost a decade 2002 till Bale arrived in 2013, United made it three times in the same era only stopped by Barcelona twice despite having average players like Nani, Fletcher, Jones and and a leech for an owner. Barca only had a lacklustre Villa and a budding Messi couldn't have no way refused an offer of Rooney.
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In his prime he was one of those few players who could genuinely play in every position
Brother you have no idea how difficult it is to get a proper Rooney comp with all the old footage. Thank you for making this
He was an absolute driving force for us, almost everything went through him. Regularly stepped up in the big games too.
He was that player: Give him ball, he can do something.
@@MistrzuPL102 anything
He was the King there, not Ronaldo. Rooney was absolutely insane
@@nikestrike8213 trust me. When CR7 left for Madrid I honestly thanked my lucky stars it wasn't Wayne.
Rooney is a guy you always want on your team. He's irreplaceable.
Funny part about this guy is not only he was a perfect striker but you could see him many times crossing ball perfectly, better than most of the midfieldiers :)
he was the bruno fernandes of this united side just much much better
There aren't many players like rooney. He was very unique.
I have him a slight level above Henry, and I'm telling everybody! 😁
This guy was nuts!!!
Rooney 2004 was joke man .was the most deadliest player on the planet then @@DirtyJamesUK
it's a shame a player like Rooney never won the balloon d'or
He's on a very similar level to Henry, in that respect.
I've got Henry as the better striker, and Rooney as the slightly better player. He was magical.
He would win the ballon dor if he was in his prime now
@@DirtyJamesUKrooney better player than henry like are you insane? Am a united and rooney fan as well
He never came close to winning ballondor so its a stupid imagination
@Woze899 you don't have to agree. It's just my opinion. Henry used to be my favourite until Rooney came on the scene. Even as a United fan. No shade on Henry AT ALL!
The touch of Joe Cole, the vision of Scholes, the technique of Gerrard, the finishing of Shearer topped off a with work rate better than anyone else. The definition of a complete player.
Well encompassed!
+ The determination of Roy Keane
I swear we never really missed Roy because of him.
@@DirtyJamesUK And I can understand how some UTD fans see it as Sacrilegious to disagree with SAF ( &his Wisdom)
but i just think Rooney should been given a much more freedom to express his rare bag of tricks!
I've seen Garry Neville mention how Fergie used to be irritated that Rooney didn't automatically turn&attack when he received the Ball! ( But he had so much more to offer than that) And teams would have become wise to that anyway imo!!
@@jerryoshea3116 SAF is annoying at times lol. He named his only world class players and didn't name Rooney.
Giggs, Scholes, Beckham, Gerrard, Ferdinand... many of his senior players knew he was world class at 15 or 16.
Prime Rooney was unplayable!!
One of those players who would deliver every single game, Even when he played poorly he would still come up with something
Rooney vision and technique on the ball was legendary
Better than anyone playing today . Players like him are the reason we watch the game the others are just names on the team sheet. From the age of 16 until retirement he was head and shoulders above 99% of the rest. One of the best ever.
Calm it
Relax ur over doing it.
The most complete player of all time , one of the best truly
No thats too much
He was probably top best 15% players of his time
No one touches him in the current game.
Interestingly in Rooneys best season he scored something like 10-12 headers out of 40 goals. That was insane, it was the season after Ronaldo left. Bro was so good.
He really had it all forever my favorite player
Thanks for the video!
Utd fans who watched Rooney every week remember how good he was. Every touch, pass, tackle and bit of genius he did in most of his matches will never be forgotten. He was special. Hasn't been the same player since LVG's first season, but he was still top class!
The ultimate same same but different, both selfless. Sacrifice goals for wins, play for the teams success. Both score with ease. But Rooney can do everything Benzema can, Benzema can't do what Wayne can.
Had his shirt.
Barcelona fan here.
We'd love to have him in any era. Absolute football legend.
Rooney could play anywhere, Benz needed specific positions.
But benzema can drop and help the midfield
Milner could play anywhere. Doesn’t mean he’s better than de bruyne.
@@hellohi1445 but rooney had stats much better then milner , in hes prime hes goals and assists ratio per game was much higher then de bruyne
that's exactly what rooney did for many years at man u. rooney also plays dogged defense, something karim bensnitcher can't do@@KelechiNwoko
I love how Rooney plays elegant like a Brazilian, but also like an aggressive Wrestler without any mercy. Absolute legend, one of the best ever.
Best player ever
when Rooney is famous benzema is on bench of Real
I Love Benzema but for me Rooney was better!
Benzema is a level higher than ròney and am United fan who watched rooney
a lot of epl players didnt get recognition because youtube videos were taken down back in the day. ask any big editor/creator who makes football videos how they were banned or received strikes for publishing football videos. A lot of work that wayne rooney did was defensive and play making which is hard to find. Have to say this video does a decent job but you still have not scene what this guys was capable of doing. the only thing I hated was his stupid beef with ronaldo .....but apart from that as a player he was my childhood hero and a complete player....not a complete forward but a complete player
Just reminiscing about the good old days 😭😂😂 GGMU
Glory hunter
Rooney with No8 for Utd was at his extreme best .. last of street footballer
Sir Alex hated anyone being more than him. Beckham went, he had his favorites
Wayne Rooney was for me the greatest Man United player ever, goals and assists, a workhorse. His agent overstepped the line, so Furgie snuffed him.
Love Wazza much more that Fergie ~!
Rooney held Sir Alex to ransom and won. That's how highly regarded he was.
Greatest Utd player ever.
There was literally no weakness to his game. Could honestly play every position with ease
Rooney was extremely talented but ate hamburgers and grannies, never worked out, never improved himself otherwise he could have been compared with Messi instead of Benzema.
for a guy who eat hamburgers and grannies to still be one of worlds best says a lot about hes tallent
He did it his way.
And I for one am glad he did.
WHAT A PLAYER!
Simply the best
Rooney all day. From a chelsea fan
There was something strange about the spell under Moyes at United where Rooney suddenly started playing like Gazza again (like he used when he was at Everton).
I think the armbands made him stop taking risks.
FINALLY a rooney video😍
He was filthy in that blue jersey
Prime Rooney has a place in any dream team
Rooney is absolutely amazing and not comparable to Benzema.
Rooney>Benzema
@@gourmondal5812Lewandowski>>> both
Yes i agree
But Prime Rooney is very close to Lewa@@vaibhavkumarsingh4667
@@vaibhavkumarsingh4667 Nah
@@CristanioPeweyyy that's true
What’s the music!!??
Need a video of prime El Pistolero
Ngl the tune kinda slapped
Nice clip of hernandez and bernatov at west ham.... no rooney😅
As Arsenal Fan, I HATED wayne Rooney, as a football fan, you gotta love the guy
Benzema light years ahead
Rooney 😍
He was defo a better teammate to have then benzema
Benzy isn't as good as rooney let's be honest.
🤣🤣
he was the bruno fernandes of this united side now just much quicker, stronger nad overall better
Rooney with a bald head was the best days
Rooney was the worst signing we ever had and plays a massive part on our downfall!!
This thumbnail is unnecessary, if you gonna praise someone that deserves it. why you gotta throw shade elsewhere.
Benzema who
Benzema is better than rooney miles off he's 4th
Si bocah nakal yg selalu mencetak goll ajaib
Benzema is better but Rooney was class. Glad to finally see a good highlights video of Wayne Rooney! Please do Michael Owen, Wesley Sneijder and Deco next!
Benz is nowhere near wayne rooney , what are you smoking
@@abdallah5176he's probably just new to football.
You must be smoking crack if you think rooney was better than benzema@@abdallah5176
@@abdallah5176you must be smoking crack if you think rooney was better than benzema
Facts and thats because Karim is levels ahead
Benzema 21/22 season is better than Rooney any season
Kb9 was so much clutch in big games that season .
If we are talking about career as a whole Rooney moth be better but benzema’s prime season was better than rooney
Rooney played in trash teams after 2013 as well
Rooney was a number 10 so you can't really compare
idol
When Wayne was at his best the slightest knock did not result in a dive and theatrics as todays game does, the Game played by Wayne was better to watch red and yellow cards were at a minimum ,today the ref has a postman's sack full of cards, and try not to laugh at the mention of VAR, a pathetic deliverer of truth. Wayne was great and he played at a time when most players were honest, now they are just diving liars, who the ref's aid and abet.
This title is absolute bullshit
Love your videos btw
My boy Benz clear I’m afraid
only in terms of pure goalscoring otherwise roonney smokes him
@@artursfilipovs4923well Benzema was better technically too, I think both are great but Benzema 2021/22 season tops any season of Rooney
@@vincentdenis9122 oooh so thats everything of him😮
Delete the title bro lol
L
Pime Bale while short lived > Both
Typical deluded English fans
I love rooney but i m sorry benz is better
Nah no chance
Because you started watching football yesterday
Wazza was a different breed
Hell nah
Lmao 😂😂
Nah Benzema is better.
POV: The person that started watching football this second
@@thatgamer283 Lol
@@thatgamer283he aint deluded like yourself.benzema is light years ahead of rooney and am a hard core United fan
Benz is better.
What an absolute joke. Only United fans can even make this comparison to keep that overhyped ex-wonderkid relevant. Benzema in a few months last year achieved more than prime Rooney had since Ronaldo left and stopped winning for him. He did win the Premier League player of the year after winning that glorious league cup though.
I love and watch both United and Real, but I believe Rooney is the better of the two, certainly more talented but bouts of unfitness undermined his success, he would have been Ronaldo or Messi level but for booze.
@@vs6300 there are reasons why only Ronaldo or Messi are on Ronaldo or Messi level, and talent is only one of them. Having said that, Benzema is lightyears closer to that level than Rooney ever was.
@@YXL324 Benzema will never be Rooney level, sorry if you think so. His antics in the US of lifting a nondescript team from the absolute bottom and taking them into playoffs for two seasons straight singlehandedly prove that. No player has had such an impact in a league of all players who went there. And Barcelona wanted Rooney badly in 2010,, only an counter offer from United stopped that.
@@vs6300 what a nice fairy tale that is supported by 0 sources. Rooney was offered TO Barcelona in 2010 after handing in a transfer request, but he was turned down and signed another contract. As for the MLS, that's just ridiculous. You only go to the MLS from Europe if you're not good enough to play with the big boys anymore. You want to compare taking a lousy team to the playoff twice in a row to the current Ballon D'Or winner? He didn't even make it out of the first round, let alone win anything. At the same time of Rooney's "impact", Benzema was having his worst personal season since coming to Real. It ended with him scoring twice to beat Bayern and once in the CL final against Liverpool. In his best season though, where no one even considered Real as actual contenders, his antics took down PSG, Chelsea and City. But please, tell me more about how Rooney losing 5-1 in the first round of the MLS playoffs means he's better than Benzema.
@@YXL324 Lolol, Ronaldo and Benzema failed to take Real to another champions league for almost a decade 2002 till Bale arrived in 2013, United made it three times in the same era only stopped by Barcelona twice despite having average players like Nani, Fletcher, Jones and and a leech for an owner. Barca only had a lacklustre Villa and a budding Messi couldn't have no way refused an offer of Rooney.
where is this instrumental from? can only find one with the rapper in it? @AJcompsHD
Suarez prime,please!
@Woze899 lil bro got mad from a comment I made last year