If he had taken care of himself better he wouldn't have deteriorated in such a manner.
How do you know that? It's well known Rooney was an incredibly hard-working member of the squad with respects to training, distance covered on the pitch, he always demanded to play every game. Yes he was a #lad and had moments in his career - could probably count them on 1 hand in a 15 year career, but he always took his football seriously, and as a result broke all kinds of scoring records.
He wasn't a freak of nature by any means.
Did you only start watching him from 2007? He was an absolute monster of a striker in his teens/early 20's, he would appear all over the pitch and bully defenders in their peaks and embarrass goalkeepers. If you don't think Rooney was a freak of nature at 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 years of age then I don't know who could be!
The fact he was built like a guy in his late 20's, 10 years too soon, resulted in him losing the peak of his powers 10 years earlier than many. Having a few less WKD's on his summer off won't change genetics I'm afraid.
Don't know what Messi has to do with Rooney.
You were stating that if Rooney 'looked after himself better' he would still be at his best/in his peak, so I said, Messi recently admitted that he didn't look after his diet for most of his career meaning he didn't look after himself for most of his career, so by your logic, he should be finished and playing for a mid-table Argentinian club like Rooney at Everton, yet what you don't seem to see, is because Messi was genetically built like a boy until his mid 20's it has helped him continue his peak to this day, despite vomiting on the pitch as a result of a bad diet despite being an athlete. My point is, you stating Rooney 'not looking after himself' has finished his career is nonsense. It's based on genetics. If you're built like a muscular man at the age of 15 it's going to catch up on you, no matter what diet.
