Wayne Rooney had brutal weight loss tricks at Manchester United after arriving at pre-season 3 kilos overweight
England and Premier League legend Wayne Rooney has revealed he hated pre-season during his career.
The Plymouth manager joined his former Manchester United teammate Gary Neville The overlap This week before the start of the football season this weekend.
But even though Rooney is now in charge of testing his players in the summer, there was a time when he did everything he could to avoid working. also Difficult when he was in his place.
The 38-year-old man left Ian Wright He was stunned when he revealed that he had never trained before returning to the club after the summer break.
“I used to hate pre-season,” he said. “I would come back to every pre-season six or seven pounds overweight.
“Then I knew I had to try harder.”
“I used to take the bike to the steam room the day before we came back,” she smiled. “And then I wouldn’t eat until we were weighed!”
Unable to control her laughter, she continued: “Honestly, the night before I was going to weigh myself, I would sit in the (steam room) for 90 minutes.
“Fully clothed! I wouldn’t eat or drink anything, I would have a hard time getting into the building!”
And it turns out that, despite being one of the best players in England and the Premier League, he used to have a few tips and tricks to make pre-season a little easier for himself.
On having to take part in the beep tests, Rooney said: “I used to quit early all the time.
“Because next time you do it, you have to do better! As soon as the goalkeepers came out, I was out!”
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Even David Moyes' pre-seasons in Everton They were exhausting according to Rooney.
The Toffees were training in scorching heat in Austria, and Rooney, who was 16 on his first pre-season tour, struggled more than others for a hilarious reason.
However, he quickly found a solution.
He said: “Moysey’s pre-seasons were tough. We used to go to Austria and in the first one I was 16.
“You would go out and get up at about six in the morning and do the race and the session, but Moysey was very intense.
“I remember Tommy Gravesen and Lee Carsley, they both shaved their heads. I was 16 and I got a burn on my head. But it was like 38 degrees in my first pre-season.
“In the end I had to cut up the sheet and make a handkerchief!”
It wasn't just his pre-season in the Premier League that cost him dearly.
“When I went to MLS, the team was in Los Angeles, I went out and stayed for three days,” he said. “It was 38 degrees, my face was like a beetroot!
“I could barely walk or run. I remember walking down the street and thinking, 'What am I doing?'
“But I was literally in agony!”
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There was one What he liked most about preseason, however…
“I was (at DC United) at that time alone, I loved it because I could sleep in the afternoon and that was the best thing for me in preseason, sleeping in the afternoon.”
Despite cutting corners on a few occasions during pre-season, Rooney went on to become England's all-time leading scorer, scoring 53 goals in 120 appearances.
He has since been surpassed by the current captain. Harry Kanewho has scored 66 goals in 97 games.
Rooney remains Manchester United's top scorer, however.
He scored no less than 253 goals in 559 games and became a legend at Old Trafford.
Their first season with Championship side Plymouth gets underway on Sunday when the Pilgrims travel to Hillsborough to take on Sheffield Wednesday.
