The nickname that Cristiano Ronaldo gave Wayne Rooney at Manchester United

Laughing, Cristiano Ronaldo told Rio Ferdinand that they called Wayne Rooney 'Sherk' while he was at Manchester United. The reason for the nickname was because of the physical resemblance between Rooney and the cartoon character. On social networks, fans mocked and others believed that it was a lack of respect for the former United player. So far Rooney has not given any statement on the subject.

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The nickname gained more strength because recently Manchester United played their game of legends. In the same one of the special guests was Wayne Rooney to whom the years have not settled in the best way. It can be seen that physically he is not in the best conditions because he has a few extra kilos and the gray hair makes it look like he was older (38). However, his quality is still intact because he scored a free kick. The truth is that because of his appearance, he compares him even more with Sherk. The problem also lies in the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't get along with Rooney.

A few months ago they had a crossing of words through interviews and social networks. It all started when Wayne said that Lionel Messi is the best player in history, Cristiano did not like this and they began to generate this rivalry, even though they both shared a dressing room at Manchester United.

In an interview for The Overlap channel, Rooney made it clear who is the best player in history for him: "I think Messi is the best in history. They hit me a lot for saying Messi, 'How can you say Messi?, it's Ronaldo'. I understand that people can say Messi or Ronaldo, both are incredible, probably the two best players in history. For me, Messi has a little more class, which is what I like in a player, so that's the reason," the English striker revealed.

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Cristiano Ronaldo responded strongly to Rooney

The problem was that Rooney did not remain silent and began to attack Cristiano Ronaldo with personal issues, before this the 'commander' broke the silence and assured that Rooney criticized him because he looked better (CR7): "I don't know why he criticizes me so badly, probably because he has already finished his career and I continue to play at a high level (...) I'm not going to say that I look better than him, which is true," Cristiano confessed.