Rooney - the highest paid football player of the championship of England

Forward of Manchester United Wayne Rooney is the highest-paid player in the Premier League at the moment. The top ten high-paid players are from Manchester City and Chelsea. According to the newspaper Daily Mail, Rooney earns £ 260 thousand per week, the tax is (€ 356 thousand per year.). The second place is shared by the striker Sergio Aguero and the midfielder Yaya Toure (both - Manchester City), who receive £ 240 thousand Per week.

Rooney: It's a good win for us

England National team's striker Wayne Rooney said on the match with Estonia national team in the qualifying stage of UEFA Euro 2016.

“Over the years, I've proven that I can score goals. Their goalkeeper had a great match, but we can be happy with their game, we have a young team. We knew that the game would be so expected that Estonia will play from the defense and it will be difficult to hit their gate. It's a good win for us. We have a strong line-up, in the starting line-up we may leave many players. The choice of the coach was not wrong,” – said Rooney.

Alex Ferguson: Rooney is still injured

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will miss the match-day 22 for Premier League against Liverpool, which will be held on January 13. The head coach-mate Sir Alex Ferguson.

«Rooney is still injured. Damage is not most important, but he will need more time to recover than we had anticipated. Perhaps two more weeks or so. He will not be able to play against Liverpool,» - Ferguson said.

We remind Rooney got injured during training on Dec. 26.

Wayne Rooney: Torres is still a threat, of course

Wayne Rooney has warned his Manchester United team-mates they cannot afford to concede an early goal against Chelsea on Sunday.

Chelsea are undefeated in the League, winning seven of their eight games whilst drawing the other against QPR. Chelsea recruited Oscar and Eden Hazard in the off-season for a combined fee of almost 60 million pounds, joining Juan Mata in attack playing just behind Fernando Torres - and the combination has proved to be formidable so far.

Rooney has emphasised the need for United to prevent early goals from going in, especially at Stamford Bridge against an in-form Chelsea team.

«We don’t want to be doing that and against the best teams it will be difficult to get those goals to win games. Torres is still a threat, of course. I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves because he works hard for the team. Sometimes the goals go in for him, other times they don’t, but he’s always trying. It’s a great start and it’s clear having won the Champions League last season it has given them a lot more confidence, they have brought a lot of new players in and added more speed to the team,» - Rooney said.

Wayne Rooney: Now I don't think about that episode

England striker Wayne Rooney said he would not consider the match of World Cup 2014 qualifiers against Montenegro as an opportunity for revenge. We remind that the match with Montenegro Rooney did not keep the emotion has been removed and subsequently disqualified, having missed the first two matches of the European Championship.

«I don't see this match as a chance for revenge and retaliate against Montenegro not going. It left in the past. Now I don't think about that episode. For our team it will be a tough game in which to score points. Here's what should be the focus,» - said Rooney.