""When Liverpool won the Premier League a few years ago I came home, I was [a player] at Derby at the time, and Coleen's got Liverpool flags up outside the house," said Rooney, speaking on his BBC podcast The Wayne Rooney Show. "It was our old house, so outside the front door there's a little balcony thing and the flag was outside the window there, so I told her to go and get it down.""
""Rooney never won a Merseyside derby during his time at Everton, but he was involved in many top-of-the-table matches against Liverpool for Manchester United, who, like Everton, also consider the six-time European Cup winners as bitter rivals. Liverpool's captain for the majority of Rooney's time at Old Trafford was his England team-mate Steven Gerrard, who Manchester United's record goalscorer regarded as a friend. But Rooney spoke openly about his desire to let the Liverpool midfielder feel his presence when they played against each other.""
Wayne Rooney grew up in an Everton-supporting family and played for both Everton and Manchester United during his career. His wife, Coleen, supports Liverpool and displayed Liverpool flags when the club won the Premier League in 2019-20. Rooney reacted by having her remove the flags and briefly locking her out of the house. Rooney never won a Merseyside derby with Everton but featured in many high-profile matches against Liverpool for Manchester United, including a memorable Anfield winner in 2005. Rooney maintained a friendship with Steven Gerrard but aimed to assert himself against Gerrard on the pitch.
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