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Wayne Rooney will return back to play for England after he announced his retirement from professional football last year.

Everyone thought that Wayne Rooney had entered the twilight of his professional career once he moved to the MLS this summer. But the former Man United man has proved everyone wrong by coming up with constant impactful performances.

And now Jermain Defoe feels that Wayne Rooney’s appearance for England will hugely benefit the youngsters in the squad as they will get to learn a lot from their senior pro.




Talking about Wayne Rooney, Defoe told Sky Sports: “What a guy and what a player, 




“What he has done throughout his career, for club and country, he has been a special player since day one when he burst onto the scene at Everton.



“I think it will be a really special moment. I would like to go to see it because away from the football side, he is such a nice guy.




“I spent a lot of time with him with England, getting to know him, and he’s a lovely man. He deserves everything he gets.




“Knowing Wayne, he’ll go back into that squad a little bit nervous. He will want to impress people in training, that’s what he is like, he loves his football.






“The boys will love to see him and if I was one of those young forwards, I would be thinking ‘if I can achieve even half [of what Rooney has achieved], then it’s special’.

“With players like that, you have to be a sponge, you have to think ‘I am going to get a little bit from that’.”




The match will be the called the ‘The Wayne Rooney Foundation International’ and it will be in support of his charitable interests.

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