Wayne Rooney reveals surprise secret behind Man Utd success

Wayne Rooney’s glittering spell at Manchester United produced 5 Premier League titles, a Champions League crown and a haul of unforgettable targets.

However in line with the membership’s report scorer, the key ingredient behind Sir Alex Ferguson’s dominant facet wasn’t techniques or coaching – it was taking part in on the PlayStation.

Talking on his BBC podcast The Wayne Rooney Present, the 38-year-old revealed that a lot of the staff’s bond was cast not on the pitch, however on the street. The gamers recurrently performed SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs on the PlayStation Transportable, turning lengthy journeys into fierce five-versus-five battles.

“I actually imagine an enormous a part of our success was taking part in on the PSP,” Rooney stated. “It received us speaking extra.

“We used to play it on the airplane, on the staff bus,” he defined. “It will be me, Rio [Ferdinand]Michael Carrick, John O’Shea, Wes Brown. You need to discuss, you need to tactically be proper, go and revive individuals after they get killed, and it was an enormous a part of our success. Ask any of these gamers – it was sensible.”

Rooney added that his teammates’ kinds within the sport typically mirrored their personalities on the pitch.

“Michael Carrick was a little bit sneaky, calm one. You’d be mendacity down hiding and immediately hear a grenade bounce close by – he’d thrown it,” he stated. “I used to be simply all in, frontline of the trenches, straight in there.”

So whereas Ferguson’s legendary management and the squad’s high quality stay undisputed, Rooney insists that SOCOM and the PlayStation may have performed an underrated function in creating certainly one of soccer’s most dominant dynasties.

Who’d have thought?

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