What a Roo-de boy! Wayne's shoes are defaced by pranksters

By Ian Ladyman

Who did that? 'FCUK U' is written on Wayne Rooney's left shoe as he heads to the golf course with his England team-mates


Wayne Rooney poses proudly with his England team-mates before heading out for a relaxing game of golf - unaware that he is the victim of a cheeky prank.

He is pictured alongside team-mates Joe Hart, Michael Carrick, Glen Johnson and Stephen Warnock oblivious to the fact that somebody has scrawled the message 'FCUK U' on his left training shoe.


'Floyd' is written on his right shoe


And on his right shoe the name 'Floyd' had been written out.

The naughty twist on the French Connection UK slogan was spotted as he had a day relaxing at the exclusive Sun City golf course.

'Floyd' could be the loosest of references to his childhood nickname in Liverpool, where he was known as Jimmy, after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, whom he emulated by celebrating scoring with a cartwheel? Some feared the player himself was trying to send out a message but it was apparent the Manchester United star didn't know he'd been targeted.

And the mystery joker in the camp has yet to reveal himself.

But all England fans are for Wayne's boots to do the talking on the field during the rest of the World Cup tournament.

Meanwhile, Rooney today rejected suggestions that England played with 'fear' during their draw with the United States in their World Cup opener.

Captain Steven Gerrard had given England a dream start with a fourth-minute lead but a howler from keeper Robert Green allowed Clint Dempsey to equalise as Fabio Capello's side made an unimpressive start to the campaign.



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The Americans, including Dempsey, have since accused England of being nervous.

But Rooney said: 'They only had two or three shots from distance and they had only one good chance to score so I don't think there was any fear from us as we took the game to them.'

England now face a must-win clash with Algeria on Friday and Rooney is confident that England will bounce back from Saturday's disappointment.

He said: 'We started very well and we deserved to win and overall we did enough to win the game, but unfortunately we didn't. But I am sure we will take three points on Friday.'


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There is a huge amount of pressure on the Manchester United forward and he admitted he will be looking to improve on his personal display.

He said: 'We have players who can score goals for us, but for us to do well I need to play a bit better than I did and score goals. But I don't feel under any pressure, as long as the team does well.'


source :dailymail
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