This, however, came as no surprise to Rooney, who revealed after the final whistle the conversation he had shared with Carrick in the build up to yesterday's clash. On Friday he watched Kai Rooney, one of Wayne's four sons, earn his first minutes as a United player at Old Trafford. Michael Carrick was there, Steve Holland, Jason Wilcox, all the coaches were there and so on, which you've heard me talking about a lot, that connection with the academy. That came after Roy Keane labelled suggestions there weren't 'bigger and better names' for Man United as 'silly'. For someone to say, "No matter what this person does, he doesn't deserve to be given the keys to be given the keys to Man United".

Source: Daily Mail January 26, 2026 15:51 UTC