RED LEATHER JACKET & COWBOY HAT

BROUGHT UP under the authoritarian rule of Alex Ferguson, Wayne Rooney knows football culture changes but laughs when he remembers trying to offer Memphis Depay advice during the Holland international’s stay at the club under Louis van Gaal.

‘He came on at Stoke away,’ says Rooney, ‘and messed up for their goal and only played 15 minutes, so Van Gaal told him he was in the reserves the next day. So I just said: “Look, it’s going to be a bit difficult for you. Just don’t come in with all your fancy stuff”. The game was at Altrincham and he turned up in his Rolls Royce, wearing a red leather jacket and a cowboy hat. And I just thought: “What’s the point!” But Memphis is a lovely lad and it’s good to see things are going well for him now.’