WAYNE ROONEY slammed Manchester United’s flops for getting Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the sack.
Solskjaer was finally dismissed as Red Devils boss on Sunday morning less than 24 hours after the 4-1 thrashing by Watford.
Leicester’s Brendan Rodgers is United’s No1 choice to replace club legend Solskjaer in the Old Trafford hotseat but angry Rooney launched a scathing attack on the club’s players for a lack of effort in recent weeks.
The Red Devils’ record goal scorer Rooney fumed: “I was so disappointed watching that game on Saturday.
“As a manager, you know you can set the team up, prepare, shape them but there is no excuse for some of those performances. None at all.
“I saw players waving their arms around, giving the ball away, blaming other people. It’s not acceptable. I’d be very angry if that was my team doing that if it was my players.
“When you look at a club like Manchester United it is one, if not the, biggest club. Those players are in a privileged position to play for them.
“In my opinion with the players they have, they have to show more. I’m not saying they have to win the league or the Champions League, they just have to do more, show the fans they are working and playing for the club.
BETTING SPECIAL – GET £50 IN FREE BETS WITH WILLIAM HILL
“That’s the least you expect as a fan. Results may vary but you have to at least be willing to put the effort in.
“I remember Sir Alex Ferguson saying to me, the hardest thing to do in life is to work hard every day, whatever you’re doing, it’s so true, to get up and out of bed in the morning continuously for years and years – it’s a hard thing to do.”
Rooney was a team-mate alongside Solskjaer between 2004-07.
The Derby boss added: “It’s sad for Ole. He’s a former team-mate of mine. It’s never nice when a manager loses his job.
“Ole will of course have known the pressures of managing Manchester United. If the results are not right there is a chance you will lose your job.
“With that Ole, has lost his job so that’s not nice. I know Ole will have worked very hard every day to get the best out of the team. Unfortunately it has cost him his job. I’m sad for him.”
Rooney ruled himself out as a candidate for the job and said: “I speak to people at Manchester United on a regular basis, so I’m sure if they were to come calling it would have already happened.”
⚽ Read our Manchester United live blog for the latest news and transfer gossip from Old Trafford
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
