During these 3 years ronaldo had great achievements of 3 peating prem and 3 peating ucl but who’s actually better during those 3 years overall and was Rooney the best teammate ronaldo ever had?
During these 3 years ronaldo had great achievements of 3 peating prem and 3 peating ucl but who’s actually better during those 3 years overall and was Rooney the best teammate ronaldo ever had?
Well, it’s kind of unfair to compare the best version of Rooney to the worst version of Benzema.
At the age Benzema won his Ballon d’Or, Rooney retired after playing in MLS and EFL for years.
Rooney didn’t really look after himself. Dude looks like he’s been retired for 20 years at the age of 38.
Also different players peak at different times. Both Rooney and Benzema were far better than the vast majority of footballers at the age of 16-20.
The big difference is that Rooney remained great in his 20s and then completely fell off, while Benzema was okay-ish (if by okay-ish you mean being a starter for Real Madrid) in the age most players typically peak (27-31). But Benzema around 30-35 was once again far better than almost all (sometimes actually all) his colleagues, while Rooney was just a ghost of his former self. Rooney is only 2 years older than Benzema, but he has left United since 2017. Big Benz was Madrid’s starting striker up until some months ago.
Imagine the beast rooney would have been if he took care of himself properly. Not that easy with mental health issues though.