Wayne Rooney: 部隊d is my club - There are days when I don't want to see Sir Alex, City 勝利,勝つ was 大規模な and I need to end 反目,不和 with Moyes

Michael Carrick (bottom) celebrates with team-mate Wayne Rooney

On 最高の,を越す of the world: Wayne Rooney celebrates with 部隊d team-mate Michael Carrick (底(に届く))

It will be just what his 経営者/支配人s at Manchester 部隊d and England want to hear.

Wayne Rooney is enjoying the season of his life, his last-gasp 勝利者 to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Manchester City in the Carling Cup 半分-決勝戦 yet another example of his 罰金 form in a season where some of his team-mates have struggled, taking him within reach of his best goal 一致する ever.

Perhaps it is the new-設立する 成熟 of fatherhood - 'I'm now in bed by 10.30. It used to be after 1am, it's been a big change' - but Rooney is not 利益/興味d in the individual accolades or the 賞賛する from as important a 裁判官 as Fabio Capello, who says his 'fantastic' striker has '改善するd in every area and in one part of the pitch 特に, の近くに to goal'.

As he 準備するs to 直面する 兵器庫 in today's 抱擁する 衝突/不一致 at the 最高の,を越す of the 首相 League, Rooney 主張するd his 決意 to help 部隊d 勝利,勝つ a 記録,記録的な/記録する-breaking fourth success ive 肩書を与える takes 優先 over 追加するing the three goals he needs to break his own 記録,記録的な/記録する of 23 in a season, or any personal 業績/成就.

'The only 人物/姿/数字 I'm thinking of is winning that fourth League,' said Rooney. 'No team has ever done that before. I am not 利益/興味d in individual awards. If I get a lot of goals I'll be happy but to be honest I'm more of a team player than someone 利益/興味d in individual awards.

'The first League I won we 支配するd from day one until the end of the season and from then we've gone on and won the 支持する/優勝者s League and two more 肩書を与えるs. It's been an amazing three years and if the next three are anything like as successful, I know myself, the other players, the 経営者/支配人 and the fans will be very happy.

ON STAYING AT OLD TRAFFORD

This is my club. I'm perfectly happy. 部隊d are the biggest club in the world

ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SIR ALEX

There are days when I don't want to see the 経営者/支配人. The dressing room is not a nice place if we lose

ON HIS HERO DUNCAN FERGUSON

As a young lad, I wrote to him in 刑務所,拘置所 and, to my surprise, I got a letter 支援する

ON HIS FEUD WITH DAVID MOYES

I need to end the bitterness with him. Things 港/避難所't been good, but he helped make me the player I am

ON LIFE AS A NEW FATHER

I'm now in bed by 10.30 - it used to be after 1am. It's been a big change for me and Coleen

ON BEATING BITTER RIVALS CITY

普通は the 経営者/支配人 would play younger lads in the Carling Cup, but we all knew what was at 火刑/賭ける. It was 大規模な for us

'The club have won three European Cups and winning five is achievable, because we are the biggest club in the world.

'For my first couple of years at 部隊d, Chelsea looked so strong, impossible to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 really, and I was thinking "But I (機の)カム here to 勝利,勝つ things ... I'm not winning anything". We knew we had to buck ourselves up - the players - to challenge them.'

Rooney 特記する/引用するd the 態度 of 36-year-old team-mate Ryan Giggs as typical of 部隊d's dressing room 決意.

'It's amazing to play on the same team as him,' he said. 'I remember watching him when I was about eight! I'm so 特権d to play with him. He's a 広大な/多数の/重要な example for everyone, even for people like Paul Scholes, Gary Neville; he's been an example to them.

'Everything about him says that he's a class 行為/法令/行動する. He's played the 記録,記録的な/記録する 量 of games for 部隊d. I don't know how many goals he's 得点する/非難する/20d, and how many メダルs he's won but his 業績/成就s are amazing and I don't think anyone will ever better them.'

Rooney, 24, 述べるs the day he 調印するd for 部隊d as one of the greatest in his life and 主張するs he is 決定するd to resist the 誘惑 of multi-million 続けざまに猛撃する 申し込む/申し出s from either Real Madrid or Barcelona.

'I was at my friend's the night before watching television and got a call at about midnight 説, ''Make sure you get a good sleep, we're going to Old Trafford tomorrow''. Of course, I didn't get much sleep!

'When I got to the training ground I met some of the players and then I went to Old Trafford to 調印する. It was a fantastic day for me.

'I knew the way I play football, with passion and かかわり合い, I knew 部隊d fans love players like that and that if I showed them that they'd take to me, never mind 得点する/非難する/20ing goals.

Wayne Rooney scores

Rising high: Rooney 得点する/非難する/20s against City - his 21st strike of the season

'I think it's the way I've been brought up. My mum and dad brought me up to be the best I can and try to 勝利,勝つ in everything I do. If I feel like I can do something to help my team-mates I will.'

There are, though, even at his favourite place in the world, a few bad days. Rooney has a special 関係 with Sir Alex Ferguson, but even he is not spared いつかs.

'There are days when I don't want to see the 経営者/支配人,' he said. 'He can be 猛烈な/残忍な at times. Even after we have won 2-0 or 3-0, and the lads are laughing and joking and thinking they've played 井戸/弁護士席, he いつかs comes in and lets loose. I'm left thinking: "What's wrong?"

'Our dressing room is not a nice place to be when we lose. He's a perfectionist.'

Capello is also a perfectionist, but he has been filled with hope about this summer's World Cup by watching Rooney this season.

'Rooney has 改善するd a lot during the last two years and this season he has been fantastic,' said Capello. 'He has been 部隊d's leader on the pitch.

'He is 得点する/非難する/20ing goals and it is good for him, Manchester 部隊d and England. It is good for his 信用/信任 as a 今後. いつかs when a 今後 doesn't 得点する/非難する/20 for five or six games then people start counting even if they make 補助装置s for 今後s it is only about 得点する/非難する/20ing.'

Wayne Rooney celebrates

長,率いる over heels: Rooney enjoyed putting one over 部隊d's 競争相手s City in the Carling Cup 半分-final

Rooney 明らかにする/漏らすd it was another 'Ferguson' who filled his youthful dreams to be a 最高の,を越す footballer when he first joined Everton.

'I was always an Everton fan and Duncan Ferguson was a big hero of 地雷,' he said. 'As a young lad, I even wrote to him when he was in 刑務所,拘置所! It (機の)カム as a surprise when, one day, I got a letter 支援する from him. Then, a few years later, I was playing と一緒に him.

'Duncan and Alan Stubbs were a big help to me when I was a young player at Everton. The club is still a big part of my life and my family's life, but I'm a Manchester 部隊d player and I give my all for them.

'This is my club. I'm very happy here. My family live 30 minutes away. I'm perfectly happy and there is no 推論する/理由 to play my football anywhere else. Manchester 部隊d are the biggest club in the world.'

Rooney is also keen to end what became a bitter 反目,不和 between himself and Everton boss David Moyes に引き続いて his move to Old Trafford, 主張するing: 'Things 港/避難所't been good between us. I've said a few bad things in the past about him, but when I look 支援する, I see what he did for me. He helped make me the player I am today.'

Rooney 反映するd the dressing-room delight at 存在 able to put one over on their deadly 競争相手s City and reach the Carling Cup final.

'The 経営者/支配人 tended to play the younger lads in the Carling Cup, but all of us knew what was at 火刑/賭ける in the 半分-final with City. It was 大規模な for our (人が)群がる. It was a good gam e and I'm sure all the 中立のs enjoyed it.'

Having 行方不明になるd last year's 刑罰,罰則 shoot-out 勝利,勝つ over 刺激(する)s, he signalled his 決意 to be in the team which will 試みる/企てる to 保持する the Carling Cup against Aston 郊外住宅 on February 28.

'郊外住宅 are a good team and it's going to be difficult. Hopefully the 経営者/支配人 plays his strongest team because when you get to a final you want to 勝利,勝つ it and as a player you want to play.'


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