REPORT: FA fires strong warning to Rooney over Chelsea legend incident
According to latest reportss, Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has been warned by the FA, after revealing that he deliberately wore longer studs to hurt a Chelsea player during Manchester United’s title-deciding game against the Blues in 2006.
“For that game, I changed them to big, long metal ones – the maximum length you could have because I wanted to try and hurt someone, try and injure someone. Rooney said during an interview with Daily Mail.
“I knew they were going to win that game. You could feel they were a better team at the time so I changed my studs.
“The studs were legal but thinking if there’s a challenge there I knew I’d want to go in for it properly, basically. I did actually.
“John Terry left the stadium on crutches. I left a hole in his foot and then I signed my shirt to him after the game.
“A few weeks later I sent it to him and asked for my stud back.
“If you look back when they were celebrating, JT’s got his crutches from that tackle.”
The matter was reported to the FA, and after an investigation, they handed a warning to Rooney, who also says the case has been closed.
Speaking on the subject on Thursday, the Man United legend said, “I gave my response to the FA, they’ve given me a warning and that’s it, the matter’s been put to bed so we can move on from that.
“It is what it is. The FA, it was obviously reported, and they’ve had to look into it.”