Jonathan Wilson: Wayne Rooney saga makes you think, 'What might have been?'

[Jonathan Wilson]

The problem with Wayne Rooney is that we remember what it looked like he was going to be. At Euro 2004, when he picked the ball up against Croatia and surged forwards midway through the second half there was a tremendous feeling of inevitability. Sure enough, from just outside the box he struck a low shot that beat Tomislav Butina and doubled England's lead.

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