Wayne Rooney, the striker of "Manchester United" club, who finished last season in 7th place in the English Premier League, expressed his desire to be the team captain. After the last season, the captain Nemanja Vidic left the team, and in the recent friendly matches with "Los Angeles Galaxy," the captain's armband was worn by Darren Fletcher.
One of the candidates to become the captain of "Manchester United" is also mentioned as Dutch player Robin van Persie, who gets along well with the new "Red Devils" coach Louis van Gaal in the Netherlands national team.
"Of course, I would like to be the team captain, but it is the coach's decision. He first wants to work with everyone for a longer time and then choose the captain. I knew it wouldn't be like the coach would just come and pick someone at random," said W. Rooney to goal.com.
In the first matches of "Manchester United," L. van Gaal changed the team's tactical setup to 3-4-1-2. W. Rooney praised the work and training of the new coach.
"Louis van Gaal is excellent. I only had a few days to get to know him, but he proved to be a strong coach. He tries to give the team a new style of play and it was great to see how well it worked in the match with 'Galaxy'," said W. Rooney.
Watching the World Cup, I watched the Netherlands game and tried to remember a lot. However, you can watch as much as you want, but it's completely different when he demonstrates everything himself in training. Then you can really learn a lot," said W. Rooney.
The new English Premier League season will start for "Manchester United" on August 16 with a match against "Swansea City." This will also be the first match of the Premier League season in general.
"Last season was bad, we know that, but we are confident that we can fix it. Of course, we can win the title, you have to believe in it," concluded W. Rooney.
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