FAST LEARNER

"He (Rooney) is at the beginning of hopefully what will be a great career," Ferdinand told TalkSPORT.

"He's someone who has got unbelievable talent, he's clinical in what he does; his final pass, his shooting and his goalscoring and he's a real team player as well.

"He's at the beginning of a career that hopefully will be able to take not only Manchester United but England on a good course and I think he's got the ability to do that.

"It's all a learning curve.

"The fans and the media are piling their hopes on him and putting a lot of pressure on him to be the main man but if anyone's going to be able to shoulder that responsibility then it's Wayne."