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Actual Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger has revealed how a lot he admires former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney.
Chatting with Aim on TikTok, the previous Chelsea defender was requested to match some Premier League strikers from completely different eras facet by facet.
The Champions League winner claimed Rooney was higher than lots of the legendary Manchester United quantity 9.
The German was requested to decide on between the Englishman and Ruud van Nistelrooy and the membership's all-time goalscorer.
The following alternative was between Rooney and one other Dutchman, Robin van Persie. The defender confirmed much less hesitation right here and instantly picked out the Englishman.
The following query made the German worldwide suppose just a little extra as he was requested about Dimitar Berbatov or the Liverpudlian.
Rudiger referred to as the Bulgarian a “baller” however in the end sided with Rooney.
The Englishman would solely lose his place if requested to decide on between the Premier League's all-time prime goalscorer, Alan Shearer.
It's definitely an fascinating debate that many United followers can spend hours in across the pub desk.
When it comes to longevity, there’s a clear winner for the membership and an enormous variety of targets.
Rooney spent 13 seasons at United in a trophy-laden period and is the membership's all-time main goalscorer, forward of the legendary Sir Bobby Charlton.
Nevertheless, it will also be argued that Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie had been extra deadly finishers.
Van Nistelrooy particularly scored an unimaginable 150 targets in 219 video games for the Purple Devils.
Compared, it took Rooney 559 video games to attain a complete of 253.
Though, to be honest, the previous Everton attacker typically performed vast out and was a lot much less tunnel-visioned than the previous Actual Madrid striker when it got here to getting on the rating sheet.