It’s fair to say that former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke isn’t a fan of England dropping Wayne Rooney.
Yorke criticised Gareth Southgate for the decision to drop England’s captain, but also branded it a ‘disgrace’ that Rooney be ‘made’ to talk to the media.
It’s probably worth pointing out that Rooney wasn’t made to talk to the media, but instead asked to do so.
“People forget he’s the greatest English player and the goals he has scored,” Yorke told 888sport, something that literally nobody forgets.
“We’ve all gone through spells where you’re not playing well and it’s a real battle, but the way people have talked about him is really disrespectful.
“It’s a real difficult time because he’s asked to play all these different positions and gets all the flak he does, yet he tries his hardest every single game.
“Then you get people like Gareth Southgate taking him out of the team because of the pressure from the media and I think that’s wrong especially coming off the back of a positive result.
“Sometimes you have to show people a little faith and for Gareth Southgate to make that call, well I thought that was a little strange.
“To then put him in front of the media to face the music and say he isn’t going to play was disrespectful and a disgrace in my opinion.”
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