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Wayne Rooney is a chav says Federico Macheda
WAYNE Rooney may have lost the respect of the in-laws and England fans to an extent – but at least he still has the backing of the dressing room. Or so he thought.
Striker Federico Macheda, 19, appears to hold his Manchester United team-mate in lower regard than he might have expected.
“Rooney is a really great person, he always gives me advice, but he’s a bit of a coatto,” Macheda was quoted as saying in Gazzetta dello Sport.
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Online translation tool Bab.la offers up “peasant”, “yokel”, “bumpkin”, “lout” or “boor”. However, in modern usage, Italian experts tend to prefer “chav”.
Whether Rooney prefers it is a matter of debate – no doubt a debate that will occur some time after Macheda returns from international duty with the Italian Under-21 side.