The 25-year-old's relationship with the England fans appeared to cool when he criticised them after the woeful goalless draw with Algeria in the 2010 World Cup.

Slowly but surely Rooney has started to win back the hearts of fans and he aided that process by continuing his flying start to the campaign with two goals in last night's 3-0 win in Bulgaria which put England on course for the Euro 2012 finals. Rooney said: "I'll play for England until someone tells me I can't. I'm so proud to do that."


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Wayne Rooney is one of the faces of soccer today and if he left, the game would surely miss him.