Wayne Rooney full of praise for record breaking Marcus Rashford

The former defender, who played alongside both Rooney and Giggs at United for 10 years, spoke on the BBC before England’s 2-1 win over Wales on Thursday.

“It was just over 100 days ago he made his debut for Manchester United and he’s now playing on the biggest stage for England so we’re all pleased for him”.

The Manchester United forward was called into action by Roy Hodgson during the 2-1 win over Wales for his first taste of action at the tournament. We moved the ball and made Wales work hard.

Ferdinand spoke about Rooney’s upcoming testimonial, which will be Mourinho’s first game in charge at Old Trafford, and he said that the skipper has been “England’s best player for over a decade”. It paid off for us.

“I think we know as a group of players that we are not just an 11-man team; we have got 23 players in our squad who can all play, are all confident and all trust each other to know that whoever is playing will do a good job”. I thought we were fantastic. We kept the ball well and kept probing and got the goal in the end. “I’m sure the fans will make this a memorable occasion and help Wayne raise a lot of money to help support vulnerable children”. “He’s got a good future ahead of him and that’s the reason he’s in the squad”.

The United captain has his sights set on sealing top spot in Group B now, having reached the summit following the win over Wales. “We’ll have to finish the job on Monday [against Slovakia]”.