British sports commentator believes Manchester United star looks worn out.
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Wayne Rooney (29) has been moved hither and thither during his Manchester United career. This season, everything suggests that the United manager Louis van Gaal bet on Rooney as center forward.
Star player has not demonstrated every promise in United Thurs the 1st league matches against Tottenham and Aston Villa, both of which were won by the digits 1-0.Football Expert Lars Tjærnås see clear bright spots in Manchester United’s start to the season. Read a full analysis of the “project van Gaal” here.
When United defeated Aston Villa Friday night, had Rooney only one ball touch within opposing sekstenmeter box.
The award-winning football writer Martin Samuel writes that Rooney’s performance against Aston Villa was “deeply worrying” and that he “looked exhausted out.”
– Those who know Rooney fears really that he is close to breaking point, writes Samuel.
Statistics: Rooneys extremely tough program
Daily Mail columnist think Rooney is about to be burned, and shows how much he has played since he broke through as a teenager in Everton. Here are some facts about the attacker:
- This is Rooneys 14 season as a professional footballer.
- Since 2002/03 he has played more than 42 matches each season (for club and national team).
- He has already played 663 matches in total – at the age of 29 years.
Now, neither Rooney scored for United since 2-0- goal against Aston Villa in April.
2 TV commentator øyvind alsaker have followed English football for years, and has thus witnessed United striker’s many ups and downs on the football field. Alsaker describes Rooney has handed in season preamble as “a bit dead.”
– That he has played so much for many years, shows that he has been little damaged. It’s a good sign. But what may be a need, is that he takes a rest period of at one time or another, to regain sharpness. We have seen earlier that when he is not in peak physical, it goes very beyond form, including in the World Cup with England, says Alsaker to Aftenposten.
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Van Gaal sticking to the press
Alsaker is also unsure about the role Rooney now has, as a striker in Louis van Gaal 4-2-3- 1 system, is ideal.
– He gets fewer involvements. He has always been a player who likes to be involved in everything, then perhaps he suffers a bit under forward role. He is much more than a måltyv, one måltyv are often happy to be somewhat invisible, only to emerge in the crucial situations.
Alsaker is far from alone in doubting Rooney as center forward. Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal went out against criticism when he met the press on Monday ahead of the club’s Champions League playoff against Club Brugge.– The media has written one year that I have to put him as center forward, so it is amazing that you doubt their own opinions after two games. I can not fathom it, says van Gaal according to The Telegraph.
Benzema, Kane, Lukaku and Berahino
At the press conference stressed van Gaal that he has other options than Rooney on the cusp of space.
Javier Hernández has been an unused substitute in the first two Premier League settlements. United also youngster James Wilson in the stable.
The club has been linked to a whole flock of strikers this summer window. Among others the British press wrote about alleged United-interest Real Madrid star Karim Benzema and Premier League strikers Harry Kane (Tottenham), Romelu Lukaku (Everton) and saido berahino (West Bromwich).The transition window closes 1. September – and is pressing for a possible peak purchases from United, something øyvind alsaker believes the club need.
– Are we talking about league championship, I believe it may be necessary. What do they do once Rooney missing? Hernández is still there, but they do not have sufficient coverage, says Alsaker.
– It can be a lot for Rooney to be the only one, he added.
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