Eriksen: He called up Rooney for the 2006 World Cup and had a dispute with Ferguson

Recently, former England coach Eriksen was interviewed by the Mirror, in which he said that Ferguson had a dispute with him for his 2006 drafting Rooney to the World Cup.

Rooney, a key figure for Manchester United and the England national team 16 years ago, was injured at the end of the 2005/06 season and the whole country tensed up at the time, as germany was just a few months away from the start of the World Cup. And Ferguson also made it clear to Eriksen that he did not want him to call Rooney to the World Cup.

Rooney's injury was due to an incident at Stamford Bridge in a title-winning match against Chelsea. Rooney also admitted that he was wearing longer sneakers than usual during the game because he wanted to give his opponents some color to see. Rooney said in an interview at the time: "I would wear plastic but metal studs on the top of my usual race, but in that race, I replaced the studs with big, long metal studs, which are the longest in the rule, because I wanted to give my opponent some color to see." ”

This injury cast a shadow over his prospects for the World Cup. In his upcoming documentary, Rooney said: "I blame myself for that injury, I broke three toebones. Rooney's pained expression at the time worried england national team manager Eriksen and Ferguson, and after Rooney was injured, Ferguson contacted Eriksen to hope that he would not call Rooney to the World Cup. But Ferguson's attempt proved futile, with Eriksen explaining: "Ferguson didn't want Rooney to play in the World Cup, he told me very directly what he thought. But I told him my thoughts just as directly, and I said, I'll take Rooney to the World Cup, sorry, that's it. ”

Eriksen eventually chose to call Rooney to the World Cup, but England were eventually eliminated by Portugal in the quarter-finals. Rooney was sent off for a red card for a foul on Carvalho in the match, and the pressure that Ronaldo and his teammates put on the referee after Rooney's foul also had a certain impact on the referee's decision. England stubbornly dragged the game into a penalty shootout after Wayne Rooney was sent off, but in the end they were still invincible and eliminated.

in Ralph