When A Club Legend Like Wayne Rooney Speaks, The Football World Listens. And His Latest Take On Manchester United Is As Brutal As It Gets.
On His BBC Podcast, The Wayne Rooney Show, United’s All-Time Top Scorer Didn’t Hold Back. Rooney Admitted He Now Goes To Games “Expecting Them To Lose,” Labeling The Club “Broken” And Suggesting That The Famous Old Trafford Spirit Has Disappeared.
Manchester United’s 3-1 Loss To Brentford Was Just The Latest Blow. Under Ruben Amorim, The Red Devils Have Collected Only 34 Points In 33 League Games. They Haven’t Managed Back-To-Back Premier League Wins Since August 2024 And Currently Sit 14th In The Table.
Despite This, United’s Owners Continue To Back Amorim, But Rooney Isn’t Convinced. He Warned That Some Current Players “Don’t Deserve To Wear The Shirt” And Said The Team “Needs A New Engine.”
“I Don’t Recognize The Whole Football Club,” Rooney Said. “I Don’t See Players Fighting, I Don’t See Desire. I Go To Games Expecting Them To Lose. The Soul Has Gone From The Club.”
He Also Pointed Out That The Problems Go Beyond The Pitch. With Staff Layoffs, Ownership Uncertainty Between The Glazers And Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group, And A Drop In Morale Across The Club, Rooney Believes United Are “Waiting To Crumble.”
The Portuguese Boss, Known For Sticking To His 3-4-2-1 System, Insists He’s “Never Concerned” About His Job. But Critics, Including Micah Richards And Alan Shearer, Warn That His Stubbornness Could Be His Undoing.
Rooney, Who Tried Management Himself, Added: “I Honestly Hope He Can Turn It Round. But Do I Believe He Will? No, I’ve Got No Faith In It.”
With Ineos Now In Control Of Football Operations And Massive Pressure On Amorim, The Future Of Manchester United Remains A Huge Talking Point. For Fans, Legends, And Even The Players, The Club’s Identity Is On The Line.
One Thing Is Certain — The Debate About United’s Decline, And Whether They Can Rise Again, Will Keep Sports Fans Talking Around The Globe.
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