‘Dictated games’ – Rooney takes Man Utd duo over Terry, Gerrard

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney believes there is only one winner in the Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard debate.

Rooney spent 13 years at Old Trafford, where he won five Premier League trophies and one Champions League playing with Scholes.

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Scholes won 11 league titles in total and was also an integral part of the United side that won the treble in 1999.

Gerrard, on the other hand, failed to win the Premier League in his career.

Rooney told Sky Sports (quotes via the Daily Mail): “Playing with Scholesy for a long time, and seeing what he does, and I know Thierry Henry is arguably the best player in the Premier League, but I think Shearer has to go in for his goalscoring record, and for Scholes, what he did for you in the team, and how he dictated games for the team.

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"He is a bit underrated."

Wayne Rooney believes Paul Scholes should've been inducted ahead of Thierry Henry pic.twitter.com/0C1AL9waKN

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 4, 2022

“I think he is a bit underrated, certainly not with myself or Manchester United fans.”

Asked by Jamie Carragher if he’d choose Scholes over Gerrard, Rooney replied: “Yeah.”

After putting former Manchester City captain in his Hall of Fame, Rooney was