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5th October 2016
12:21pm BST

"I think that he holds a lot more experience at international football than me as an international manager. Using his experience with a team, and playing as a team member, it's not for me to say where he's going to play."Rooney revealed yesterday how unhappy he was with these comments. "Sam came out and said I play where I want," the Manchester United captain said.
"I played exactly to instructions, and what was asked of me. I'll play wherever the manager wants me. I don't pick myself, I haven't ever picked myself. I didn't come in and say: 'I want to play here or there'."https://twitter.com/SkySportsNewsHQ/status/783424234525646848
"I played where I was asked to play. That was a big misunderstanding and I seemed to get slaughtered for it. I suffered from that. I got battered in many different ways when I felt it was actually a decent performance."If Allardyce instructed Rooney beforehand that he had permission to drop into midfield, then the player has grounds to be annoyed with his former manager when he comes out and says Rooney was the one who decides his position.
However, Rooney's assertion that he was "slaughtered" over allegedly picking where he plays doesn't make a lot of sense. It was Allardyce who received criticism for appearing weak by caving to his star player's demands.
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