HE IS THE HEAD BOY AT OUR SCHOOL

Last updated : 30 March 2005 By editor

Wayne Rooney wishes he could be like Gary Neville:

"Gary and Phil Neville are the perfect professionals. I know I've still got a lot to learn but they do everything right. Being at United with them and the others is helping me in a lot of ways. I am around top players who have all played in World Cups and European Championships and who all still want to learn themselves.

"You can only get better being around those type of players and it shows in the intensity of training every day. There are a lot of people around who want to help me and I try to take advantage of that. You are always wanting to learn as a professional footballer how people do things on and off the pitch. It's nice when your team-mates are saying things about you and what you can achieve in the future.

"I just try to learn from the senior players around me in the squad and Gary and Phil do it all. They eat all the right food and do all the right training."