Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney has identified striker, Harry Kane and forward, Raheem Sterling as the superstars in England team.
Rooney stated this ahead of The Three Lions’ international friendly clash with USA on Thursday.
“I think they’ve got superstars,” FourFourTwo quoted Rooney as saying at a pre-match press conference.
“Harry Kane has been top goalscorer in the Premier League for three or four years.
“Raheem Sterling in the last couple of years has been fantastic. I don’t think it’s fair to say the England team hasn’t got superstars.
“What you’re saying is we had some great established players: David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry… why didn’t it work? I’ve no idea.
“We tried to be successful. We maybe never had the squad, we had the startling 11 which was very good but going into the tournament we maybe never had that back-up. But I think we had a great team, we were unlucky on a couple of occasions, going out on penalties.
“We gave our best; it wasn’t to be. It’s a chance now for this new generation of players to take up that mantle.”
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