John Barnes: Wayne Rooney still good enough to be in England 味方する
John Barnes believes Wayne Rooney is still good enough to start for England.
Captain Rooney looks 始める，決める to be dropped from the first XI by 暫定的な 経営者／支配人 Gareth Southgate against Slovenia on Tuesday night having failed to 納得させる in a 深い-lying midfield 役割.
The 30-year-old is England's most capped 外野 player with 117 外見s to his 指名する and led the 味方する in Southgate's first match in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金, a 2-0 勝利，勝つ over Malta.
John Barnes has given his support to England's captain
Barnes, who won 79 Three Lions caps between 1983 and 1995, thinks the Manchester 部隊d man is still one of the country's best players and should remain a 正規の／正選手.
"Wayne may not be the player he was but he is still good enough to be in this team," said Barnes, who was speaking on に代わって of England team sponsor Vauxhall.
"If you leave Wayne Rooney out, who are you going to bring in?
"People have to stop 説 Wayne is not as good as he was or not good enough unless they can give us somebody better to 取って代わる him.
"In the old days if you weren't playing to your level there was someone waiting to take your place, someone like Matthew Le Tissier - who didn't play much for England but was always ready to come in. The over-riding factor is there isn't anyone like that.
"追加する his 質 and his experience and that makes it a no-brainer for me."
While the 広大な 大多数 of his career has been spent in attack, Roy Hodgson, Sam Allardyce and now Southgate have sought to use Rooney in a 孤立した playmaking 役割 in 最近の months.
And the player's 乗り気 to adapt has also impressed Barnes.
"He's a 広大な／多数の／重要な team player, he'll play wherever he's asked," he said.
"You tell 'superstar' Wayne Rooney to be a 権利-支援する and do the donkey work and he'll do it."
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