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Dyche: Give Rooney a break
- Updated: November 20, 2016
Burnley boss Sean Dyche said he would understand if professional footballers refused to interact with the public in future in fear of becoming embroiled in a media storm like Wayne Rooney.
The England captain has dominated the headlines this week since pictures emerged showing him looking bleary-eyed after attending a wedding reception at the England team hotel after the World Cup qualifier against Scotland.
Rooney apologised to England interim manager Gareth Southgate and to the Football Association regarding the matter but on Saturday he described the media coverage of the incident as “disgraceful”.
Dyche told BBC Radio Five Live’s Sportsweek programme: “The thing I find really head-scratching at the moment is that on the one hand a lot of supporters particularly, and sometimes media, say the players are unapproachable, you can’t get near them.
“When they do, (as) in this instance at the weekend, then it’s made a big story and plastered everywhere.
“So I do think there’s …
