David Beckham and Gary Neville on Rooney's Game Changing Skills | Rooney

At only 18 years old, Wayne Rooney was proving to be unstoppable on the pitch. There was a feeling across the world that Wayne Rooney was one of the greats. What did his fans and peers think when he announced himself to the world? Watch Rooney on Prime Video.
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[@PrimeVideoUK]

What is your favourite football moment from Wayne Rooney?

[@christophirelad9636]

Euro 2004, is the only time I felt we was unbeatable

[@unclesnakehips6810]

@@christophirelad9636 and yet you got beaten…

[@Kamau1865]

The moment where he stops trying to gain public sympathy by inviting us to pity him for becoming a multi-millionaire footballer, whose mistakes were forgiven and forgotten, who was idolised by millions and blessed in every conceivable way by all and sundry. The poor fella.

[@christophirelad9636]

@@unclesnakehips6810 as I said, is the only time I felt we WAS... do you understand words?

[@nufcshady]

The bicycle kick against City

[@kareemlawson878]

Young Wayne Rooney was everything to me

[@bobjamaica9045]

Same man the reason I started watching football

[@DJCoachCookie68]

An awesome player!

[@andresmorales9080]

All of us ! When I be in the field, I think of him to play like him.

[@zelouras]

It’s true, Rooney had an aura back then. I’m portuguese and I felt it. He had something special, we were afraid of him

[@stephenlooker1994]

Rooney in his prime should have won a Ballon D’or

[@buridah328]

Ronaldo’s better

[@sinless4088]

@@buridah328 obviously. But that doesn't change his statement in any way.

[@TheKingofhighbury]

The calibre of players he was competing against was immense in comparison to today, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Henry, Scholes, Kaka, Ronaldo, Eto'o, Drogba, Shevchenko, Totti, Del piero, Beckham, Carlos, and many more.

[@gman6862]

Rooney was unlucky with injuries and he was a selfless player. If he stayed fit during tournaments and was a little more selfish and save his energy…

[@priteshmistry5430]

Rooney was inconsistent and not dedicated like Ronaldo & Messi.

[@XLscaf]

The best young player in the world by far.. no one was doing what Rooney was doing at the beginning of their career 💪🙌

[@altonotis1975]

😂😂 there was this little Brazilian called Ronaldo R9.. you might of Heard of

[@XLscaf]

@@altonotis1975 don’t be silly 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@altonotis1975]

@@XLscaf football existed before 27 May 1992 you know 😂😂😂

[@mortuc1]

Messi, Ronaldo, Halland, Bellingham

[@partsunknown2828]

Michael Owen

[@PEVE182]

Funny how he says I don’t care if they compare me to Pele or they compare me to Peter crouch as if Peter crouch was the worst player he could think of 🤣

[@samjohnston4220]

I think crouch has a better goals to hame ratio for enfland

[@adamyeejy-sk9fh]

Oh right that settles it then 😂​@@samjohnston4220

[@StigHgh]

rooney is fried

[@Anubhab_Chakraborty]

He deserved so much more. Watching him play makes me emotional. What a player! Made me fall in love with football, with Manchester United.

[@chaoticsniper6]

i feel like rooney was massively underrated. He was brilliant on the pitch

[@olafolafsson2755]

He wasn’t underrated. He was THE star

[@fearsome1376]

Simply one of the greatest players to ever play football.

[@eNyaaaw]

There is no doubt in my mind that Wayne Rooney was the best teen to ever play football. Ever.

[@adamknight7904]

You've not heard of; Pele, Christiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi then 😂 That insane goal for Barcelona when Messi ran through the entire team virtually then sat the goalkeeper down went around him and scored he was still only 19.

[@eNyaaaw]

@@adamknight7904 Better than all of them at 16-17-18-19

[@pauliyonas3576]

​@@eNyaaawronaldo nazario is far better as teenager than Rooney

[@kristianhumphreys]

Michael Owen was better at 19 he won ballon dor

[@itsinthetreesitscoming7431]

@@adamknight7904 Cristiano Ronaldo? Behave pal, Rooney was miles ahead of him at this stage of their careers....

[@shelbyvillerules9962]

Rooney was an absolute beast in Euro 2004 and that squad should’ve done so much more. If it hadn’t been for his injury, some better tactics and a little bit of luck maybe they would have.

[@beejj6190]

Legendary Premiership player but never replicated that stellar teenage Euro 2004 form in subsequent tournaments. Odd and truly frustrating / annoying really...

[@seanjosephhayes]

@@beejj6190Well said.

[@beejj6190]

@@seanjosephhayes Cheers, bredda!

[@adamknight7904]

​@@beejj6190 People forget he was recovering from bad injuries at both World Cups in 2006 and 2010 in 06 it was a groin injury and 2010 he was coming back from a fractured Metatarsal.

[@beejj6190]

@@adamknight7904 - Mate, there is a context behind 'bad'. If he was that bad they wouldn't have played him. Obviously he wasn't pea,k but there was no point having an e.g. 50% Rooney on that pitch. You can conclude he just shouldn't have played given how ineffectual he was...

[@graphicbars6553]

He was Everton’s Wayne Rooney in that tournament, which gets easily forgotten

[@karlpedersen7]

Regardless of what people think, or compare him to.. He was a special player and a Class act.

[@HXNZ99]

Rooney is the biggest legend.

[@BD-wz8hx]

One of the all time best!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@gustavbrinkel5489]

ok boss

[@robertlangdon494]

I've never seen an angrier 18yo. He was truly a scary physical presence

[@systemsky7921]

As a United fan I remember his debut in the champions league..... It's was simply breathtaking the way he took that hat-trick!. Unfortunately standards have massively slipped at our club, people call players like Rashford world class, I'm sorry he couldn't lace Wayne Rooney's boots and that's Facts.

[@ashleygoggs5679]

when rashford is on form he can be world class, last season is a great example, after the world cup he was in a different dimension. We wouldnt have came 4th without him. However Rashfords for is absolutely inconsistant. Rooney however was just always on ball. His worst seasons were the best seasons for some of the current united players. But rooney also had arguably the best team in the prem at the time the ball was just easily gifted to him so he could score. Currently every united player looks terrible by comparison and its hard to see if anyone even remotely has an passion what so ever. I think the only one is Hojlund becuase he wants to prove himself, but with players like rashford, anthony and garnacho hogging the ball and not passing to hojlund when they should it just ruins his mentality and makes him look like a bad player.

[@systemsky7921]

@@ashleygoggs5679 Rashford has had long enough at the club now. He just hasn't done enough on a personal level for me, regardless who's been around him. He did exactly what Pogba did, he put in a great season which got him a new contract on fantastic money. It's time he moved on and we bring some young hungry blood in, we've proved that with manoo, garnacho etc. Rashford doesn't even want to be there, you can tell by his body language, he doesn't smile and he thinks the whole worlds against him. I do agree with you though, we have alot of average players, they need moving on too. It seems every week we're discussing Rashford and how he's not performing to the levels he should be, I'd rather move on from that. I love Hojlunds attitude, we need more of that in the side

[@ashleygoggs5679]

@@systemsky7921 Rashford wont go anywhere as long as united keep giving him a contract hes a united supporter. Like Stevie G. But like i said hes just really inconsistant.

[@mrnobodyz]

You couldn’t just comment about Rooney without having a moan!😂

[@xTheNameisEthan]

Rooney, Van persie, Scholes, Vidic, DeGea, we havent really had a single player that could touch guys like this in awhile. Ive got some confidence in Hojlund i really like his game. Long way to go though.

[@thewrightproductions7400]

No one talking about the French guy with a chicken 😂😂

[@PrimeVideoUK]

Timecode for everyone who wants to see the chicken: 1:36

[@glasgowrangers6915]

What a player Rooney was 🔥🇬🇧

[@williamraysmith95]

Smashed it on and off the pitch. Your doing the whole of derby proud, what a bloke! 🤍🖤🐏🐏🐏

[@evilzzzability]

I always say that Gazza, LeTissier and Rooney are the greatest footballing talents that England has produced since I have been watching the game. Rooney was born to play football - everything was so natural for him, and he was an absolute lion on the pitch.

[@paulroche2265]

He was phenomenal!! 🙌

[@expendable7281]

The best England player so far, Well done Wayne. 👏

[@DeadleeDan]

Beckham should’ve scored the penalty

[@DeadleeDan]

Rooney was different levels

[@ghostfamilia]

The fact he turnt 30 and got mugged will be the biggest disrespect in English football

[@joecole6875]

That back pass from Gerrard... that's on par with the slip.

[@leearchibald7064]

Rooney is my opinion finished his career underrated. He never lived up to the hype the media created when he played for england at finals. But for man united he was outstanding for years

[@joelthorpe4170]

He finished his career as England's greatest ever scorer

[@leearchibald7064]

@@joelthorpe4170 he scored 7 goals in euro and world cup finals.

[@danielhope8397]

@Abdul Raheem what because he didn’t face Brazil every time it’s not a great achievement 🙄

[@Westchesterlad]

That loss to France is to this day one of the biggest England capitulations I’ve ever witnessed.

[@yoandermulet3731]

Rooney was 🔥!! He was a beast!!

[@PJR29787]

Played with and against wayne when i was at everton! He was special then! Legend!

[@NEXUS_VSTGN]

Rooney is to this day still my favorite striker.

[@bokehintheussr5033]

What made Rooney so brilliant at this age was his hunger. I see that now in Bellingham. When Rooney got a bit older he was still brilliant, but he didn't have quite the level of hunger he had when he was 18. I hope bellingham doesn't lose any of his hunger.

[@Anubhab_Chakraborty]

My GOAT ❤

[@altonotis1975]

"banged straight into his jaw" Like we should congratulate him for it. Div. Lucky to not get a red card

[@20times67]

That’s why zidanes an all timer. Clutch gene from midfield

[@AhmadBukani]

So so true. At that time the whole of England thought we had that guy that match winner. I remember this tournament. He was UNBELIEVABLE

[@David-x4x9n]

The best player of my generation!!!

[@sheriffocolley3167]

Rooney will always be my best player forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@adamknight7904]

Rooney was great especially as a youngster but seriously people have short memories, the impact that Michael Owen had at World Cup '98 in France just a few years earlier was equally was explosive and that wonder goal against Argentina lives long in the memory.

[@sidhumazara9134]

Roony is my all time favourite player

[@mrnobodyz]

I remember when he scored against Arsenal for Everton I knew we had to sign him. My kind of player. Shame his injuries interrupted the England team so much.

[@fullspeedaheadbarcelona6502]

Beckham should never have taken penalties for England. It’s all about him, he acts like it’s not but it always has and always will.

[@aloksheen1980]

Most UNDERRATED PLAYER TO PLAY FOR PREMIER LEAGUE, other club fans don't even recognise him, thts JUST SAD.

[@Jericho642]

I dont think there’s manager in the world, in any era, that wouldn’t have wanted to have Rooney in his first 11. An amazing player; and still underestimated

[@computerkopman123]

Like José said EVERYONE would be interested in Rooney if he was for sale

[@ryanjohnston7844]

Rooney was a beast.

[@peterreid9769]

Never the same after his injury in 2004 despite having an amazing career.

[@csl750]

The real GOAT...

[@peterabnormal327]

Best England player ever in my generation anyway..

[@broughy23]

Peter Crouch getting dragged at the end loool savage

[@BlaugranaIndia10]

When i look back at some great english players Rooney is in my top 5 for sure

[@rajendranadarajan8931]

As a Man Utd fan, it hurts me to say Wazza underachieved in his career. Yes he won shitloads of trophies. All time scorer for Man Utd and England. But he was finished by 30. Look at CR7. Before his vacation in Saudi, he went back to Man Utd at age 37 and scored 20+ goals. When they were both 21 years old, Wazza was the superior player purely on natural talent. If he had Ronaldo's work ethic and discipline, Wazza would easily break Shearer's EPL goal record.

[@sanjaydhirwan791]

totally agree, CR7 outright pushed himself to compete with Messi, I always thought Rooney had 2 main issues, he didnt take care of himself of the field, and was not selfish enough

[@jackwaters7633]

As an Arsenal fan Henry will always be my favourite player. But he came extremely close! What a player

[@Willsredcar]

That’s the only time Crouch and Pele have been mentioned in the same sentence!

[@RogerYeahmon]

Being an England fan is hard.. have great individual players, play really well, make it to the last 8, bottle it.. repeat.

[@jamesbarry9477]

If Rooney was playing today, he would be the best player in the world. There are 2 reasons I believe this. Firstly, there aren't as many great players around as in his time, Zidane, Nedved, Henry, Shevchenko, Messi, Ronaldo, R9, Eto'o, Ronaldinho etc... Secondly because he was a one off type, lot of players has his ability but I can't think of many that had that ability, aggression football intelligence and attitude .

[@mattburke6218]

Rooney has changed the game at Birmingham, that’s for sure.

[@sankhadeepbiswas3110]

Even as an united fan I would say Rooney might not be the best player even in his prime , but he is the best perfect player a manager might get.A complete team mate . He is the only absolute united legend who gave everything to the club . Scholes might comes after him.

[@Maze305]

That’s 2004 England squad was so stacked, shame they couldn’t win anything together

[@thedadmeister6392]

Fearless player at such a young age! All credit to Sven for taking a risk on young players, didn't always work out like Walcott for example but it did with Rooney. Unfair comment about Crouch at the end, looool.

[@martinpedersen2650]

Crouch catching strays.

[@Boru06]

Beast.

[@jordanremington4938]

When Rooney played with Ronaldo Utd were unstoppable

[@mohammadiqbalnaimy1537]

what a backpass, Steven

[@AgeOfErectus]

The thumbnail makes Rooney look like Jaha from Shining Force II

[@dominicjohnson8427]

We should of won a tournament with Rooney, I remember watching the game against France and we were so unlucky to lose that game, shudda let Rooney take the pen and we would’ve won it

[@shivamfichadia2176]

Other players as the mature they improve their football skills, and it is said players have their peak from the age 24-32, Wayne Rooney at 17 years of age was already mature, and had best footaballing skills.

[@seanjosephhayes]

Wanted to see a video about Rooney. Ended up being reminded why I f**king hate any time we play France.

[@uksharif]

If only he looked after himself the same way as Ronaldo. This guybwas spectacular

[@bigal1278]

Give me a choice to pick any player in prem history im picking rooney every time

[@khairiabubakar1915]

Rip sven.

[@BenjaminButtonX]

18 year old Rooney for me was a better player than 30 year old Rooney

[@Gebiebert]

1:35😂😂😂😂

[@stormscastles5258]

Spiritual authority outtakes

[@navishacharya1411]

Wazzaa ❤️

[@adamkoz6358]

Bit harsh on Peter Crouch that 😂

[@BantuMadikizela]

Rooney should have won Fifa World Player award in his prime!

[@wilko871]

I guess now excluding the last one, 2004 was the biggest disappointment for me. Should have won that tournament, and got absolutely robbed by the referee vs Portugal. So many people I know think Rooney underperformed in his career... Top United and England scorer... Ever.

[@luisfreitas886]

Seriously? Get your facts straight. Was an amazing game and Portugal during all tournament was the best team unfortunately, we lost against an extremely defensive team as Greece. Talking about being robbed, try to go back to the world Cup of 1966... Google it and reply back!

[@theuncannyepicurean]

I'd take Prime Rooney over a prime Messi or Cr7 in gaming on any given day!

[@TheGoodfella95]

pain in my heart how england lost this match and crashed out in the quarter finals....

[@cicstommy]

England miss a penalty at a major tournament during a game with France that they end up losing 2 - 1. Sounds familiar.

[@makhseed]

Peter crouch catching strays

[@fearman5by5]

i want to know how the boy who introduce us to rooney as united fans are doin

[@mjchecksfield914]

I watch with interest if Rooney is going to become a great manager now...

[@AbubakarYussuf-lo5fw]

Rooneey

[@taza5196]

2004 Rooney was unplayable. Reality is he aged to quick. Never lived the life style and peaked too soon

[@mihamikola7588]

is this a documentary? Can someone give me title please :)

[@Ab-xu9dj]

We have great individual players,but we as England team has a whole have been disappointing over the years.

[@evilzzzability]

Very true unfortunately. The golden generation massively underachieved. In fact I would say they were downright dysfunctional at times.

[@joshuakithyoma9575]

A SCOUSERR! 😂 What a player , what was Liverpool fc doing at this time ? He was a cheat code

[@joevolcano6720]

That game against France was Zidane's game, it's the one he threw up just before the penalty. How they've spun it to be about Rooney is very dishonest.

[@shesbaldbutiwould]

rooney was the best player on the pitch that day,zidane had 2 great moments but rooney was better overall

[@markbrooks1005]

I love that France won.

[@adamyeejy-sk9fh]

And people think Kane is a better player because he scored more goals. Hilarious.

[@deanmcdonnell7477]

It just proves how corrupt FIFA was that Wayne Rooney did not win a Ballon d’Or

[@jacobfield4848]

Becks missed alot of penalties.

[@mm1k3y]

Big up Crouchy! Hahaha

[@artisticskillz01]

Missed that penalty... if we went 2-0 I don't think France would have scored.

[@patoma847]

Tell me please, what happend, why he couldnt realize his potential fully. Because of managers, placed him in many positions? or that he played under other players? like Ronaldo, Berbatov, Tevez, RvP etc? OR because he didnt care that much of his health. Im still asking myself why...

[@shaungregory1827]

If Rooney had the drive and dedication that Cristiano Ronaldo had, he would have easily been the best player who ever lived.

[@joecole6875]

Why is Peter Crouch on the other end of the spectrum from Pele?

[@beejj6190]

Legendary Premiership player but never replicated that stellar teenage Euro 2004 form in subsequent tornaments. Odd and truly frustrating / annoying really...

[@detailsdetails...9571]

Calamity James