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Wayne Rooney has revealed his interest astir Jude Bellingham's disappointment assemblage connection astatine Euro 2024.
The erstwhile England and Manchester United prima feels that Bellingham is sending nan incorrect connection to his team-mates, manager, and fans.
Rooney feared that nan 20-year-old was adjacent to letting his vexation 'boil over' to nan constituent wherever he could 'do thing stupid' during the 0-0 bore tie pinch Slovenia.
Moreover, he has a bony to prime pinch Harry Kane, Jordan Pickford, and Kyle Walker aft they grounded to beforehand up to nan written property aft nan game, leaving unit connected younger stars Anthony Gordon and Cole Palmer.
'Three aliases 4 times successful nan first half he [Bellingham] could not hide his vexation (against Slovenia). He was turning information to look astatine others and throwing his arms up. Body connection for illustration that sends a connection to nan fans, to his team-mates, to nan manager,' Rooney wrote successful his file for The Times.
Wayne Rooney is 'worried' astir Jude Bellingham's 'frustrated' assemblage connection astatine Euro 2024
The pundit is concerned that he could 'do thing stupid' but recognises he is only 20
'I conscionable dream nan vexation doesn’t boil complete to nan constituent wherever he gets a reddish paper aliases does thing stupid and gets himself injured. Against Slovenia, it looked arsenic if he was getting close.
'There was nan clip he ran done but nan walk was overhit and he slid connected his knees disconnected nan side, almost smashing into nan advertizing boards. Frustration. But thing for illustration that is truthful silly — you tin injure yourself.'
Rooney points retired thing we each request to retrieve - Bellingham is only 20.
While this is his 3rd awesome tourney pinch nan Three Lions aft Euro 2020 and nan 2022 World Cup, he is still comparatively caller to nan segment and learning really to grip nan unit of being an world phenomenon.
Rooney thinks it is 'strange' that nan Real Madrid leader does not do written media interviews arsenic he 'should beryllium taking responsibility' owed to his status.
It's thing that Ian Ladyman and Craig Hope discussed connected a caller section of Mail Sport's Euros Daily podcast, suggesting that Bellingham would use from processing a person enslaved pinch journalists arsenic that will thief him to pass much pinch fans.
In his column, Rooney added that Kane, Pickford, and Walker should person fronted up to nan questions of nan federation aft a lacklustre showing against Slovenia.
He wrote: 'We should person seen Harry, Jordan Pickford, Kyle Walker and different elder players fronting up.
He besides called retired Harry Kane, Jordan Pickford, and Kyle Walker for not fronting up to nan written media aft nan 0-0 tie pinch Slovenia
Anthony Gordon and Cole Palmer 'handle themselves well' pinch media duty, Rooney wrote
'Instead it was Anthony Gordon doing nan press, it was Cole Palmer doing bits — and this was aft each nan worldly astatine nan end, when fans were throwing brew cups astatine Gareth Southgate.
'It’s past that you request your elder lads to beryllium successful beforehand of nan microphones, calming everything down. The young ones handled themselves good but, erstwhile 1 loose connection tin make nan business worse, it was a batch of unit to put them under.'
