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Rooney reveals when Man United's decline really started - it was before Sir Alex retired

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 spoke about when he felt things really started going downwards and said in his upcoming Amazon documentary: “You could see after 2011; 

 left and after that you could see it was going to go backwards before it can move forwards

“That's what I could see and that's why I was asking the questions. Unfortunately, they probably still haven't recovered from that to this day. It wasn't a great team in 2013. For us to win that League title was a miracle, really, I think.

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. I think him coming in gave everyone a lift, coming in at number nine, scoring the goals he scored. That was a bit of a masterstroke from the manager, to bring him in and have him hungry because he was a bit older as well. He really carried us that season.”

The Red Devils failed to get proper replacements for Ronaldo or Tevez after they left in 2009. 

 was brought in to succeed Cristiano, while the Red Devils opted to sign 

United have struggled to compete at the top since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013 and have not won the 

They’re currently experiencing a trophy drought that could extend to five seasons without silverware if they’re unable to win any trophies this season. 

Rooney reveals he wore longer studs to ‘hurt’ Chelsea players in 2006, John Terry responds

 has admitted that he wanted to really hurt a 

 title-decider against Chelsea in the 2005/06 season.

Speaking to PA News Agency, he said: “I changed my studs before the game.

“Until my last game for Derby, I always wore the old plastic studs with the metal tip. 

“For that game I changed them to big, long metal ones – the maximum length you could have because I wanted to try and hurt someone.

“I put longer studs in because I wanted to hurt someone. If Chelsea won a point, they won the league. At that time, I couldn’t take it.

“John Terry left the stadium on crutches. I left a hole in his foot and then I signed my shirt to him after the game… and a few weeks later I sent it to him and asked for my stud back.

 saw his on Twitter and responded, tweeting: “@WayneRooney is this when you left your stud in my foot?”

The Chelsea captain clearly seems to have taken it in good humor and has no grudges against Rooney for that incident. 

Wayne had a bit of a mean streak in him during his initial years at United and was known to get quite physical on the pitch.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t really make the necessary impact as Chelsea won the game 3-0 and clinched the 2005/06 league title. 

Wayne Rooney on Man United fame: 'I would lock myself away and drink to take things off my mind' 

"Having to deal with becoming a Premier League player at 16 and an international player was something I wasn't prepared for," explained 

 in a recent tell-all interview with The Times. 

"I had never even thought about the other side of being a football player. I wasn't prepared for that part of life.

"It took a long time for me to get used to that and figure out how to deal with it. It was like being thrown in somewhere where you are just not comfortable. That was tough for me." 

The Old Trafford legend, who is the highest scorer for both our club and England to date, continued: "In my early years at 

, probably until we had my first son, Kai, I locked myself away really. I never went out. 

"There were times you'd get a couple of days off from football and I would actually lock myself away and just drink, to try to take all that away from my mind.

"People might know that I liked a drink at times or went out but there was a lot more to it than just that. It was what was going on in my head.

"It was just a build-up of everything... pressure of playing for your country, playing for Manchester United, the pressure of some of the stuff which came out in the newspapers about my personal life, just trying to deal with all that pressure which builds up.

"I was trying to figure out how to deal with it by myself. Growing up on a council estate, you would never actually go and speak to anyone. 

"You would always find a way to deal with it yourself. It was trying to cope with it yourself rather than asking for help." 

Acknowledging the fact that people are more open to dealing with mental illnesses in the modern era, Rooney concluded: "Now, people would be more empowered to speak about that kind of thing. 

"Back then, in my head and with other players, there was no way I could just go into the dressing room and start saying this is how I am feeling because you just wouldn't do it.

"Then you would end up suffering internally rather than letting your thoughts out." 

Rooney continues to be one of the most recognisable faces in football but his life off the field was often scrutinised and criticised by the media. 

Things are different now, thankfully, for the 36-year-old as he begins a new chapter as the 

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Woodward failed miserably in those two transfers

PH_MUFC75

The team was definitely old and dated when Moyes took over...I remember his two top targets were in-form Bale and Fabregas...imagine if we started off with them instead of a deadline day Fellaini

Sean Bond

shit started when Glazers bought us...from then on a rapid decline. SAF saw the writing on the wall.

Swerve........⚽⚽⚽⚽

in other words Man UTD started it's downward decline once the Glazer's took over 😩😩😩

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Rooney reveals when Man United's decline really started - it was before Sir Alex retired

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