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Wayne Rooney reveals he's had NOSE surgery as Man Utd icon admits 'it's uncomfortable'

Wayne Rooney has gone a big transformation since his playing days with Manchester United and the Red Devils icon has now revealed that he has gone under the knife over recent days

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Manchester United icon Wayne Rooney has revealed he has finally had surgery to fix a broken nose EIGHT YEARS late. The Red Devils hero suffered the issue when playing for MLS side DC United back in 2018 but decided to delay corrective surgery.

The 40-year-old continued his playing career with Derby County, before turning to management with the Rams, while he also had stints with DC United, Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle.

Having now moved into the media, Rooney has revealed that he has now undergone surgery to fix his nose. Speaking on the first episode of Stick to United, Rooney said: I had surgery on my nose last week.

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Im actually really lucky Ive got no black eyes. But Ive still got two plastic tubes up my nose which are coming out very soon. I cant wait for them to come out. Theyve cut here so thats all stitched. Its a little bit uncomfortable.

He added: I broke my nose against Preston in the FA Cup. It was when all that Wade Barrett stuff came out because it was a bit of a dive. I won a penalty. I broke my nose in that game and then, when I went to DC United, I broke my nose again. That was a bad one.

I needed surgery but I never had it. I put it off. This summer I thought Id get the World Cup out of the way and Ill get it done. I had it done last week. It went well but these tubes are horrible and theyre still in.

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Rooney broke his nose during his time in MLS(Image: Getty Images)

Rooneys comments come after he was asked about his former clubs summer transfer business so far, the former forward claiming that four positions still need strengthening before the deadline.

Rooney said: I thought Luke Shaw had a really good season last season, but he didnt have the best game against AC Milan. So I dont think you can rely on Luke Shaw to be consistent for the whole season.

That leads me to Lewis-Skelly, and were hearing that hes available for not much money. I think its an absolute no-brainer.

If you can get a player who can play left-back, he can play centre midfield. Hes young, hes got a massive future ahead of him. I think its an absolute no-brainer if you can bring him in.

Id like to see another centre-back, Id like to see another central midfield player and another centre forward.

So I think theres still a lot of work there to be done, but I think its really important that the players they do bring in, they get it right and they get the right players in.

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