BRYAN ROBSON - 1986Let's date back to 1986 first of all, and Robson's nightmare experience at the World Cup in Mexico. Beckham had sustained a broken metatarsal and his involvement at the World Cup just months later was put into massive doubt. He would end up goalless as England bowed out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage again against Portugal. Reflecting back on that fateful tournament, Rooney himself admitted to the Sunday Times: 'Looking back, I should never have gone to that World Cup. And like Rooney, Owen has since admitted that it wasn't the right decision for him to travel to Germany.

Source: Daily Mail June 05, 2021 07:29 UTC