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Rooney: For long periods in my career I was suffering inside
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WAYNE ROONEY laid bare today the issues with anger and mental health that punctuated his career.
Nobody has scored more goals for Manchester United or England, yet there was a feeling of what could have been after the 36-year-old retired to take the managerial post at Derby this time last year.
Rooney burst onto the scene in stunning fashion at Euro 2004 and swiftly became one of the world’s best players, with the generational talent now opening up on how he did that while dealing with internal strife.
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