Throughout his more youthful years, Wayne Rooney was pigeon-holed as an instinctive street-footballer, fearless and reliant on playing off the cuff. He’d have been the last person you would have picked to give careful consideration to how it is that he has been capable of doing things on a pitch that are beyond the vast majority of other professionals. There are many careers in football, with coaching, managing and refereeing being some of the roles closest to the action but, if you have your heart set on becoming a professional footballer, you have a lot of work to do.
