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Manchester United icon Wayne Rooney has hit out at England boss Thomas Tuchel following his recent decision involving Arsenal star Ben White.<\/p>\n
White produced one of his best performances in a while in midweek, but he has otherwise flattered to deceive this season and could leave Arsenal<\/strong> this summer.<\/p>\n When fit, Jurrien Timber is clearly ahead of White<\/strong> in the pecking order, so it was quite surprising that the Englishman was included in Tuchel\u2019s squad for the March international break.<\/p>\n Some also considered White to be a controversial inclusion because he previously refused to play for England, but Tuchel preferred the Gunners star to Real Madrid\u2019s Trent Alexander-Arnold when naming his most recent squad.<\/p>\n This was Tuchel\u2019s boldest call with his latest squad, and Rooney cannot fathom choosing White over Alexander-Arnold.<\/p>\n \u201cNo disrespect to Ben White \u2013 I think he\u2019s a fantastic player \u2013 but for him to be in the squad and playing ahead of Trent is mind-boggling,\u201d Rooney said on the Wayne Rooney Podcast.<\/p>\n READ: Why rival fans are \u2018duty bound to denigrate\u2019 Arsenal and their \u2018legendary season\u2019 Speaking generally on the England squad, Rooney has argued that Tuchel is \u201cstill trying to figure out\u201d his best team.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe\u2019ve created a pressur. I like what Tuchel has done, but I still think, at this stage, you should be having question marks on one or two players.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems like he\u2019s still trying to figure out the rest of his squad, and 10 (starting) players.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding Alexander-Arnold, Rooney\u2019s former teammate for club and country, ex-Everton star Phil Jagielka, has argued that the Real Madrid star deserved to be in the squad.<\/p>\n \u201cI think (Alexander-Arnold) probably still makes it,\u201d Jagielka added.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Big Weekend: West Ham v Arsenal, Man City, Jorgensen, Emery, play-offs, El Clasico \u201cYou need your best players.<\/p>\n \u201cIf (Alexander-Arnold) proves he can play half as well as he played for most of his time at Liverpool, he\u2019s definitely worth taking on the plane. If Reece James is fit, you put him in (at right-back).\u201d<\/p>\n To which Rooney responded: \u201cReece James isn\u2019t the most defensive.<\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of the lads who are there, you wouldn\u2019t say they\u2019re the best defensively anyway, (any) of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Jagielka and Rooney disagreed on who England should start at left-back this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cI really, really enjoy watching O\u2019Reilly, but he gets caught out of defence,\u201d Jagielka said.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Top 10 Big Six banter seasons features Spurs, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United classics \u201cHe doesn\u2019t get asked to play left-back when he\u2019s at Manchester City.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d go O\u2019Reilly at this moment in time, but there\u2019s literally nothing between him and Lewis.\u201d<\/p>\n But Rooney thinks England should opt for Man Utd\u2019s Luke Shaw.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe don\u2019t need our full-backs to be the most attacking; we need them to defend.<\/p>\n \u201cKeep the balance and let the attacking player win you the games.<\/p>\n \u201cLuke Shaw can\u2019t (attack) as much now, but what he can do is defend.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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