Rooney the best of his English generation, says Carrick

Thegoalmac can reveal that Michael Carrick feels Wayne Rooney is among the best players of his generation as the England captain prepares to win his 100th cap.
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"Obviously it's a huge achievement," Carrick told reporters.

"We've been lucky over recent years - we first had David Beckham and then Ashley Cole, then Stevie Gerrard and then Frank Lampard - to have five players like that in such a short space of time shows that we have had some special players.

"Wayne is right at the top of the tree for what he has done throughout his career. He is leading [Manchester] United and England.

"Hopefully he can get Bobby Charlton's goalscoring record pretty soon as well."

Charlton scored 49 goals for England, with Rooney on 43 ahead of the Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia and a friendly against Scotland next Tuesday.