'We got beat by Liverpool at Old Trafford and players were dancing around listening to hip hop'

Wayne Rooney has explained why he considered leaving Manchester United. The former striker also gave a revealing insight into the attitude of players after Sir Alex Ferguson left.

Rooney enjoyed remarkable success at United, winning five Premier League titlea, the Champions and several other major honours under Sir Alex Ferguson. Having signed from Everton as a teenager in 2004, it appeared that Rooney was destined to spend the rest of his career at Old Trafford.

In October 2010, Rooney shocked United and the wider football community by submitting a transfer request following interest from Manchester City and several other clubs. The situation was resolved and Rooney signed a five-year deal but the 38-year-old has explained that losing both Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo the previous year made him question the club’s direction, which angered Ferguson.

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“[Gary Neville] brought up – just before [he] left [Manchester United] – in terms of how the club was going from a commercial point of view. You could see what was happening and then I started thinking about the team,” Rooney told the Stick to Football podcast.

“ Thinking, ‘Right, what’s happening with the team?’ ‘What’s going to happen with the manager because we knew he [Sir Alex Ferguson] didn’t have that long left.

“The club offered me a new five-year deal but then we just sold [Carlos] Tevez, we just sold [Cristiano] Ronaldo and I said to the manager, ‘It’s no disrespect to Phil Jones or Chris Smalling – they are obviously