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Rooney: I’ll play where picked
- Updated: October 4, 2016
Wayne Rooney insists he will play where he is picked under new England interim manager Gareth Southgate.
England face Malta on Saturday at Wembley in their first fixture since the departure of Sam Allardyce last week and the subsequent appointment of Southgate.
Rooney’s best position has divided opinion following his spell as a midfielder under Roy Hodgson during Euro 2016, with Allardyce even claiming it was “not for me to say” where the 30-year-old played following his one, and only, victory in charge against Slovakia in September.
But when asked about his potential position against Malta, Rooney said: “I don’t know, that’s a question for Gareth. It’s getting a bit tiring, the question of whether I am going to play as a striker, midfielder or number 10.
“I have answered that question many times, it’s the same answer. I’ll play where the manager wants me to play, I don’t pick myself and I have never picked myself for England.
“I play to instructions and I am sure the instructions Gareth gives me, whether to play or not to play, are …
