BBC pundit Alan Shearer made an interesting claim on Match of the Day's Saturday edition. When guest analyst Ruud Gullit was asked about Rooney's regrettably lukewarm legacy on the continent in the wake of his record-breaking weekend, the Premier League's all-time leading goalscorer jumped in with this beauty: "People talk about the finances in the game nowadays, Wayne Rooney is a guy that would play for 50 quid a week." Whether blissfully unaware or knowingly provocative, the Beeb choose...
Source: 90min.com