Wayne Rooney has claimed Gareth Southgate was right to drop him from the England squad and added he would have quit international football had he left Manchester United for China. Wayne Rooney rekindles his Everton love affair and wants to play up front Read more The 31-year-old was unveiled as Everton’s latest summer recruit at Goodison Park on Monday, having signed a two-year contract with his boyhood club, and insisted a return to the England fold was also on his agenda. Rooney has not played for Southgate since winning his 119th cap against Scotland in November 2016 but has refused to call time on his England career or the prospect of appearing at next summer’s World Cup in Russia. Speaking for the first time about his England omission, the country’s record goalscorer defended Southgate’s stance
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