All-time
top-scorer Wayne Rooney was Thursday left out of the England squad for next
month’s World Cup qualifier against Scotland and a friendly against France.
The
31-year-old striker has lost his place at Manchester United and was similarly omitted
from Gareth Southgate’s England squad announced in March, although he was
carrying a knee injury at the time, but is now fit.
Rooney, who
made a brief appearance in Manchester United’s Europa League final win over
Ajax in Stockholm on Wednesday, had hoped to end his international career by
captaining England at next year’s World Cup in Russia.
But this now looks an
increasingly forlorn hope for Rooney, England’s record goalscorer with 53 goals
and their most capped outfielder with 119 appearances for his country.
He has
fallen down the pecking order at United under manager Jose Mourinho and
Thursday’s squad announcement saw Southgate opt for the likes of Harry Kane,
Jamie Vardy, Marcus Rashford and Jermain Defoe instead of Rooney.
England face
oldest rivals Scotland in a World Cup qualifier at Glasgow’s Hampden Park on
June 10 before travelling to Paris for a friendly three days later.
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