Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has lifted the lid on his weird expertise of taking part in golf with former United States President Donald Trump.
The encounter occurred on the Trump Nationwide Golf Membership whereas Rooney was with Main League Soccer (MLS) outfit D.C. United.
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Throughout an interview along with his former Purple Devils teammate Gary Neville on The Overlap, Rooney revealed what prompted Trump, who was President on the time, to succeed in out.
“It was when he requested me to present his son (Barron) soccer classes,” Rooney mentioned.
“And (Barron) mentioned ‘Do you need to see my dad?’
He took me up into the Oval Workplace after which from there, his PA (private assistant) was simply texting — ’do you need to play a number of holes (of golf?)’”
Per The Athletic, Barron was a member of a D.C. United academy group and had beforehand been snapped kicking a ball round within the White Home with an Arsenal jersey on.
Rooney took up the invite for a spherical alongside Trump, however he couldn’t have predicted a single factor about what was to unfold throughout his time on the fairways as he was joined by the previous President’s lawyer on the time, Rudy Giuliani.
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“The maddest factor about it was we had Giuliani within the buggy (golf cart) behind us,” Rooney mentioned.
“Then there have been about 50-100 golf buggies that had been all safety.
“There was a ship within the lake with snipers, there have been snipers within the bushes, and I used to be like ‘What’s happening right here?!’”
Rooney made 48 appearances and scored 23 targets throughout his time as a participant with D.C. United earlier than he returned to the membership as coach in July 2022.
Nonetheless, he lasted simply 53 video games in cost earlier than a mutual parting of how in October 2023 as Rooney was poached by Birmingham Metropolis however lasted lower than three months in his gig with the Blues.
Rooney hasn’t needed to wait lengthy for a brand new gig although having been appointed Plymouth Argyle’s new supervisor on Could 25.