Daily Mirror

BUFFOONS

Rooney ends his Three Lions career and Lineker tells critics: ‘You have no idea how good he is or how hard it is. Stick to playing FIFA’

- BY JOHN CROSS Chief Football Writer

GARY LINEKER has ridiculed critics who slammed Wayne Rooney after he announced his England retirement.

Rooney quit internatio­nal football despite being promised a recall by Gareth Southgate for next month’s World Cup qualifiers. Lineker blasted snipers who said Rooney never did the business for his country, tweeting: “Congratula­tions to Wayne on a magnificen­t internatio­nal career. To the many buffoons denouncing his internatio­nal career, you have no idea

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