The emerging details of Wayne Rooney’s most recent injury only serve to compound the England captain’s embarrassing week.
Rooney played no part in England’s 2-2 friendly with Spain after picking up a knee injury following the comprehensive victory over Scotland just days earlier.
But it wasn’t a muscle strained by giving everything for the cause. Nor was it a knock that was picked up in the game that, due to his focus and adrenaline, wasn’t noticed until he left the pitch.
No, it was because Rooney tripped over a bottle of energy drink and smashed his knee when he lost his balance, according to a report in The Times.
He never was the most graceful man in football.
And while he can’t be blamed for what sounds like a complete freak accident, it is just another unwanted headline for the under-fire Manchester United forward.
You’d have thought Rooney had shot someone given the media outcry that accompanied pictures of the 31-year-old, who stayed out past his bedtime and had a few drinks at a wedding, that appeared in a newspaper earlier this week.
.@TonyBarrett looks as the FA's treatment of some of England's youngsters following the criticism of Wayne Rooney https://t.co/kaa8PGWhNt
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) November 18, 2016
Rooney’s on-pitch performances have also come in for criticism this season, which seems altogether more reasonable than ridiculing a grown man for having a few pints when he knew that he didn’t have a game for a week.
The most disgraceful aspect of all is that Rooney didn’t even have the courtesy to issue a public apology for slipping on the bottle.
Scandalous!
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