Rooney: Park was as important to Man Utd as Ronaldo

Writing in his fascinating column in The Sunday Times, Rooney drew comparisons between Sir Alex Ferguson’s side of the late noughties and the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls basketball team– the subject of popular new Netflix documentary The Last Dance.

The Reds’ all-time record goalscorer explained that, while he, Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez drew much of the acclaim during the period, their success would not have been possible if players like Park and Darren Fletcher had not repeatedly delivered incredible, selfless feats of concentration and discipline.