Wayne Rooney shares what he ‘hated’ about playing vs Everton when he was at Man Utd

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Former Everton striker Wayne Rooney has admitted there was something he used to hate about playing against the Toffees.

David Moyes will be keen to get three points on the board Monday evening against his former club, West Ham.

After two games on the road, which both ended in defeat, Everton need to get back to winning ways.

Chris Sutton is not convinced the Hill Dickinson Stadium is a fortress just yet, despite what he has heard from some other pundits.

Three points against the Hammers could go a long way on Merseyside following the last week of football.

Having visited the new stadium, Rooney has been blown away by the Hill Dickinson Stadium on the docks.

However, Rooney has also admitted there was something he did not enjoy about returning to Goodison Park after leaving Everton.

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Wayne Rooney shares what he hated about returning to Everton

Rooney has admitted he has positive memories of Goodison Park having burst onto the scene as an Everton player.

But his returns to Merseyside after joining Manchester United are not something he looks back on with much fondness.

Speaking on The Wayne Rooney Show, the 39-year-old spoke about what he hated when he returned to Goodison.

“Yeah, it was horrible. I hated it. Just going out, obviously, it’s a ground I’ve been going to since I was a kid, as a baby,” said the England legend.

“And then to go back and walking into the stadium, I think I actually went to walk in the home dressing room.

“I went to walk in then. Obviously, I went in the away dressing room. I’m just warming up on the other side of the pitch.

“And it was mad, yeah. The actual sponsors who sponsored the game that day had to go with me, because the fans even in the warm-up were going at me, and so I come off the pitch, one side to the other side, just juggling the ball. And there was sponsors who go out on the pitch just before you finish the warm-up, and the Everton sponsors.

“And one of them was having to go with me there. So yeah, I didn’t enjoy it.”

Rooney has praised Everton a lot this season, but the Toffees need to lean on their home advantage on Monday against the Hammers.

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Liverpool forward Hugo Ektike admitted he idolised Rooney when he was growing up in France as a child.

The England legend went on to achieve some big things at Old Trafford before he made his return to Merseyside.

Considering the goals return he provided the Red Devils, it was clear that Rooney did not quite enjoy his games against his boyhood club.

Simon Jordan slammed Moyes for how he treated Rooney during the early stages of his career.

But the England hero was unable to really make his former manager pay when he faced the Toffees for Man United.