WAYNE ROONEY has found no space for himself or any other Englishmen in his “Mount Rushmore” quartet of Manchester United legends.
The four faces on the giant mountain-side sculpture in South Dakota represent pivotal US presidents.
Wayne Rooney is one of United’s most successful players ever but doesn’t think he reached the altitude of some other club greats
The Mount Sculpture displays four of the most influential US presidents
And ex-Three Lions skipper Rooney was at the peak of the Red Devils’ golden era, winning five Premier League titles and the Champions League, also netting a club record 253 goals in 559 games.
But the DC United manager still thinks he didn’t quite climb the heights that four other Old Trafford icons did.
CBS’s Morning Footy asked Rooney who he’d pick – after they chose him, Sir Bobby Charlton, Paul Scholes and former manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The ex-Everton striker replied: “Yeah I think for me, Sir Alex of course will be on there.
“I think Cristiano Ronaldo will be on there. And Ryan Giggs would be on there and probably George Best.”
That means Eric Cantona and Roy Keane, plus Charlton and Scholes, missed out.
And Rooney admitted “so many people could be on there”.
In fact, it’s probably harder to choose a United quartet than it was for artist Gutzon Borglum to select the four leaders on Rushmore.
On the 1925 sculpture he opted for George Washington (president from 1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).
They represent, respectively, the birth, growth, development and preservation of the USA.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs made Rooney’s quartet but Paul Scholes didn’t
George Best is the sole player not from the modern era chosen
Sir Alex Ferguson was the only manager selected for Rooney’s Rushmore four
