Ferguson Wouldn't Have Allowed Half-time Player Interviews - Rooney

Sir Alex Ferguson would not person allowed his players to do half-time interviews, according to Wayne Rooney.

Speaking connected his caller BBC podcast, The Wayne Rooney Show, Rooney said he does not spot really footballers tin use from "crazy" interviews taking spot during a game.

Arsenal's Martin Odegaard said to Sky Sports astatine half-time during his side's Premier League triumph against Manchester United past weekend.

Rooney believes Ferguson, who was his leader for 9 years astatine Manchester United, would person been firmly against nan thought had it been raised during his clip successful charge.

"I cognize really he would person reacted and it wouldn't person been successful a bully way, that's for sure!" Rooney said. "So there's nary measurement this would person happened pinch Alex Ferguson.

"When I signed for DC United, they initially were trying to get maine to do interviews astatine half-time arsenic a player, which I refused. I deliberation your focus, your mindset, is connected nan crippled and what should hap successful nan adjacent 45 minutes, really you're going to do amended aliases proceed to do good successful nan 2nd half."

The erstwhile England and Manchester United striker's caller podcast airs doubly play connected BBC Sounds, YouTube and iPlayer.

In nan latest section of nan podcast, Rooney besides said that La Liga approving plans for Barcelona's lucifer against Villarreal to beryllium played successful Miami is "wrong" and "should ne'er happen".

Other one-off matches, specified arsenic nan Italian Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup, person been held overseas successful caller years.

But Rooney thinks it is "just wrong" to play games overseas erstwhile you person a loyal fanbase astatine home.

"The TV and nan broadcasters will do everything they tin to get arsenic overmuch arsenic they tin for nan money they're paying," he said.

"But you've sewage loyal fans who spell and recreation each complete nan state watching you location and away. And past for them to miss a crippled - aliases if they want to spell to nan crippled overseas they person to salary nan money which would beryllium expected to spell to, opportunity to nan States, for a hotel, travel.

"I conscionable deliberation it's incorrect that you're taking a crippled distant from nan fans purely for money reasons. I deliberation it's incorrect and it should ne'er happen."

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