Wayne Rooney: FA contacts ex-Manchester United forward over claims he 'wanted to hurt someone' against Chelsea in 2006

Wayne Rooney has been contacted by the Football Association over claims he «tried to hurt someone» during his playing days. Ahead of the release of his 'ROONEY' documentary on February 11, the Derby County manager has spoken candidly about his life and career in the last week. Ad/> But the comments he made about his then Manchester United side's encounter with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 2006 have attracted negative attention.

ChampionshipRooney: I used to lock myself away and just drink06/02/2022 AT 10:15 Rooney said: «We knew if Chelsea won then they had won the league that day. »Until my last game for Derby, I always wore the old plastic studs with the metal tip. «For that game I changed them to big, long metal ones — the maximum length you could have because I wanted to try and hurt someone, try and injure someone.

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I did actually. »John Terry left the stadium on crutches. I left a hole in his foot and then I signed my shirt to him after the game...and a few weeks later I sent it to him and asked for my stud back.