Wayne Rooney Looks Back At Time When He 'Didn't Enjoy Playing' At Manchester United

He said: "That was the Milan game. I scored two goals away in the white kit and then two at home.

"You know what, I didn't enjoy playing. I played as a number nine, twice on my own, for two seasons and scored 34 goals in the last. I was scoring but I wasn't enjoying it.

"I'm more of a footballer - not a natural goalscorer," he added. "I remember coming off thinking 'I didn't play well there' but I'd have scored two goals."

Former teammate Rio Ferdinand recalled Rooney asking Sir Alex Ferguson to change his position going into the next campaign.

"We spoke when we came back to pre-season," Ferdinand said in a conversation with former teammates Rooney and Marcus Rashford as part of the 'Between The Lines' feature on BT Sport.

"I remember speaking to you and you said, 'I'm going to speak to the manager and say I want to play as a number ten.'

"I was sitting there going, 'But you scored 30-odd goals this season Wazza.' But you weren't enjoying your football and I couldn't get my head around that."

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