Rooney: In the current Manchester United locker room, Keane and I will be fired and accused of bullying

Sports 9:08pm, 25 September 2025 92

Rooney said in an interview with Ferdinand's podcast that if he was in Manchester United's current locker room environment, he would have been "fired".

Rooney played for Manchester United for 13 years from 2004 to 2017. During this period, he played 559 games for the club and scored 253 goals.

When asked if he or Roy Keane could adapt to the current Manchester United locker room, Rooney replied: "No, we will be fired. Some of the things I said in the locker room before, now you can't say, because you may offend this person, which is also a social phenomenon. You will be regarded as a bully, accused of bullying and other things."

"Tell the truth and ask, 'What are you doing?' What's wrong with accusing the other party? Because when you blame me before, I think, 'Can't let him go anymore This is it’. Or I will blame you. It will wake you up. It will make you sober. It is a responsibility. It is a responsibility. It is a responsibility for me to urge you, to urge him, to urge everyone to stay alert. You are also responsible. "

" I could not have done what I wanted to do on the court without the push from you, Carrick or Scholes behind me. It is a whole. "

Rooney tried to coach his career, coaching Derby County at first, and then his experiences at Birmingham City and Plymouth were unsuccessful. He will then turn his focus to the game review work.

Speaking about coaching, Rooney said: "As a head coach, I walked out of the locker room because I was going to explode. I have seen a player criticizing another player, not malicious, it's nothing in itself. Then I heard another player say, 'You can't do that. If you want to communicate with him, it should be one-on-one. It's bullying.'"

"I stood there waiting. I kept having the players communicate and encouraged them to communicate with each other at halftime or after the game. Then I Will go in and say a few words. I just looked after hearing that. I thought, what should I say? ‘Go and take a shower’. Go out and don’t say a word to them. This is crazy, isn’t it? This is society. ”

"You don’t know what to say or what not to say. You must consider very carefully what you want to express, how you express, how you present, and how you speak. There are too many aspects to consider, but the ultimate goal is to try to inspire that person’s best state."