Wayne Rooney Is My Perfect Replacement As England Captain - Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard believes that there is "no more worthy" a player to replace him as England captain than Wayne Rooney. The 34-year-old retired from international football following the Three Lions' failure at the World Cup in Brazil where they failed to progress from the group stages, leaving the armband vacant.

However, Gerrard feels that Rooney is the perfect candidate to take up the mantle as the leader of Roy Hodgson's side, having also be named as captain of Manchester United this season.
He wrote in the Daily Mail: "I'll never forget the day Roy Hodgson made me jump 10 feet off my couch. It was a midweek afternoon and I was at home, winding down after training, when Roy called to tell me he had important news: I was going to be his England captain.