Can Wayne Rooney The White Pele?

I am sitting here at work with my collegues attempting to sell some wood-burning stoves when the subject goes to lasst nights footie game and in particular one star player. Sir Alex Ferguson has came up with the term “The White Pele” for Wayne Rooney. Sir Alex manager of globally successful Manchester United has borrowed the phrase from the 1970′s and 80′s white Brazilian celebrity Zico. Of course to be compared to a Brazilian and particularly the greatest soccer player to have graced the planet, Pele, is a large honour.

Wayne has been called this after scoring 2 hatricks back to back in the English premiere league. He's scored 8 in 4 games. Not such a terrible return for ?250 000 a week. Everyone knows Ferguson is fond on psychologically pumping up his players and massaging their ego’s. Let's be honest a confident player is a better player. But in Wayne Rooney’s case the acclaim are worthwhile.

Rooney is maybe the finest player Britain has produced since Booby Charlton, Bobby Moore and George Best in the 60′s. He is a no rubbish, troublesome, flexible and born to win player. He never goes down easy under a tackle, he isn't a play actor and he only gets annoyed when he's losing or his touch lets him down.

If you compare that to a few of the top EU and South American stars they fall over at the smallest breath of air. That's where Rooney is different from these players. He has ability, but he is gutsy. He never uses his skill to fool the ref or play act. This may also be related about Lionel Messi, maybe the planet's number one, as he is an all rounder. But the same can't be declared by the planet's number 2 and many of the other top flight players. A lot of them are giant strapping lads, but they behave like babies on the pitch, throwing tantrums and trying to fool the ref, when things don’t go their way.

Football is a battlefield and other players are sent out to stop you. You’ll take knocks, be tripped and get mucky tackles which are designed to demoralize you. But Rooney just gets on with it. He's brute strong just like Lionel Messi and keeps his head down struggling for the team.

Rooney would be in the top 3 strikers on the world, but he's challenging himself by setting his desires on becoming the world number 1. That's what we love about Wayne, his wish to win.

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