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Wayne Rooney 1/3 to become next England captain following Steven Gerrard’s retirement

Crippy Cooke in Betting Tips and News, World Cup 22 Jul 2014

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Competition: England
Market: Rooney to be next England captain
Odds: 1/3 @ William Hill

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney is in line to be the next England captain after Steven Gerrard announced his retirement from international duty.

Rooney does have competition from Gary Cahill and Joe Hart, who are the next most experienced players who are leaders on the pitch, but Rooney had been touted as England’s next skipper for a while.

He had lukewarm World Cup performances, but still looks important to England’s future success, such are the amount of top players having resigned from duty in the last couple of years.

The Three Lions’ ‘golden generation’ are slowly all leaving England due to their advancing ages, and Rooney is now the only one left of the original gang. As a result, William Hill are giving odds of 1/3 for the 28-year-old to be England’s next captain, which is expected to be announced soon.

With a goal and an assist in this summer’s World Cup, of which England scored just two goals, Rooney did play his part for his country.

Bet: Wayne Rooney to become next England captain following Steven Gerrard’s retirement @ 1/3 with William Hill >>

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Crippy Cooke


Crippy Cooke has somehow written for the Telegraph, Independent, Huffington Post, Zoo Magazine, Daily Mail, ITV Football, MSN Sport, Yahoo Sport, London24 and Bleacher Report among others, despite knowing less about football than your average Fan TV member . The weekly accumulator enthusiast is saving up his winnings to pay for a much-needed hair transplant but grows more on his chin than his head. He lives and breathes football and somehow makes a living writing from it.

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