Denis Irwin: I feel sorry for Wayne Rooney
Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2015 by Dailystar.co.uk
MANCHESTER UNITED hero Denis Irwin has admitted he feels sorry for Wayne Rooney.
The England and United captain was left furious after a video of him boxing former team-mate Phil Bardsley in his kitchen was leaked to The Sun.
The footage showed the Stoke defender appearing to knock Rooney out with a punch to the chin.
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And the former Red Devil Irwin has sympathy for Rooney, insisting that there's more pressure on professionals these days.
Irwin said: "Back in my day you had to be mentally strong but even more so nowadays because you are in a goldfish bowl.
"When you are a player here you know someone is after your place, whether it is a young lad or someone being linked in the papers, and you have to be mentally strong to handle that as well.
"There is more social media nowadays and the players are even more in a goldfish bowl than even in my days, but that is part of life.
"You are privileged not just to be professional footballers but playing for a club like this and they know it as well."
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