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‘Steven Gerrard is England's driving force,’ says Wayne Rooney
WAYNE ROONEY believes Steven Gerrard should have been honoured with the England captaincy much earlier in his career.
Gerrard is set to lead his country for the 32nd time in tomorrow night’s World Cup qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley.
It puts him seventh in the all-time list of England captains, just two behind John Terry, who he played under for so long. The 33-year-old was made permanent captain just before Euro 2012.
He will never get close to the record jointly held by Bobby Moore and Billy Wright, who each did the job on 90 occasions, or even David Beckham, named skipper 59 times.
Rooney said: “Steven has been one of the best in the world over the past 15 years.
“We look to him to give us that drive. He should have been named captain earlier.”