When Rooney believes the Man Utd decline really started – ‘Never had a group of forwards like that’

 Wayne Rooney has revealed when he believes the Manchester United decline that’s continuing under Ruben Amorim started, and which two departures initiated it.

Rooney was appearing on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast and spoke to his former teammate about his transfer request in 2010 after asking “what’s the plan here” on the back of the club selling two of their best players.

And the United legend believes that’s was a point the club has never truly recovered from, despite them winning the Premier League title in 2012/2013.

Rooney told Ferdinand: “I think that question I asked then, in 2010, it still hasn’t been answered, been addressed, from 2010. And I think fans have seen… I don’t think, if fans look back, they’d be like, you know what, he actually seen what was coming a little bit. And I don’t think it’s been fixed since 2010.

“We obviously won the league in 2013, but lots changed, obviously. Commercially, social media, everything changed. But I still think when we lost Ronaldo and Tevez, from that moment, we got Robin in, obviously, for a couple years, but from that moment the club has never had a group of forwards like that

“Look, before my time, with Teddy, with Solskjaer, Coley, Yorkie. Then you’ve got me, Ronaldo, Tevez, Berbatov, Saha. From that moment, the club has never had a group of forwards who can all play and come win you games. And that is Man United.