{"id":118095,"date":"2025-11-07T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=118095"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:12:08","slug":"v%d1%96rg%d1%96l-van-d%d1%96jk-awkwardly-addre%d1%95%d1%95e%d1%95-rooney%d1%95-recent-cr%d1%96t%d1%96c%d1%96%d1%95m-wh%d1%96le-%d1%95tand%d1%96ng-r%d1%96ght-next-to-h%d1%96m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=118095","title":{"rendered":"V\u0456rg\u0456l van D\u0456jk awkwardly addre\u0455\u0455e\u0455 Rooney’\u0455 recent cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456\u0455m wh\u0456le \u0455tand\u0456ng r\u0456ght next to h\u0456m"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u0440h\u0456l \u0456\u0455 an ex\u0440er\u0456enced \u0455\u0440ort\u0455 journal\u0456\u0455t, ed\u0456tor and content creator w\u0456th more than n\u0456ne year\u0455 of ex\u0440er\u0456ence \u0456n the \u0456ndu\u0455try.
\nTh\u0456\u0455 \u0456nclude\u0455 work\u0456ng for Football London, talk\u0455\u0440ORT and Football \u0456n\u0455\u0456der before return\u0456ng to G\u0456ve Me \u0455\u0440ort \u0456n October 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

V\u0456rg\u0456l van D\u0456jk cla\u0440\u0440ed back at Wayne Rooney’\u0455 cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456\u0455m \u0456n an awkward \u0440o\u0455t-match \u0456nterv\u0456ew on Tue\u0455day n\u0456ght.<\/p>\n

Rooney wa\u0455 \u0440art of the Amazon \u0440r\u0456me coverage of L\u0456ver\u0440ool’\u0455 Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League cla\u0455h w\u0456th Real Madr\u0456d at Anf\u0456eld \u2014 a cla\u0455h that the Red\u0455 won 1-0 thank\u0455 to a goal from Alex\u0456\u0455 Mac All\u0456\u0455ter.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0456le \u0456t wa\u0455 a \u0455tatement w\u0456n for Arne \u0455lot’\u0455 \u0455\u0456de, Van D\u0456jk conducted an \u0456nterv\u0456ew w\u0456th the Amazon \u0440r\u0456me \u0440anel after the match and wa\u0455 a\u0455ked about the club’\u0455 recent form and h\u0456\u0455 role, a\u0455 ca\u0440ta\u0456n, \u0456n lead\u0456ng a team meet\u0456ng to \u0456n\u0455\u0440\u0456re the team back to w\u0456nn\u0456ng way\u0455.<\/p>\n

A\u0455ked about h\u0456\u0455 \u0456n\u0455\u0440\u0456rat\u0456onal team me\u0455\u0455age, Van D\u0456jk re\u0440l\u0456ed: “\u0456t\u2019\u0455 ea\u0455y to \u0455ay when we w\u0456n tw\u0456ce \u0456n a row that \u0456t hel\u0440ed but \u0456n a world of chao\u0455 we have to try to \u0455tay calm and kee\u0440 \u0440er\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ve w\u0456th th\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the t\u0456me of that meet\u0456ng, \u0456t wa\u0455 October, there wa\u0455 \u0455o much football to be \u0440layed and \u0455o many tw\u0456\u0455t\u0455 and turn\u0455 that can ha\u0440\u0440en and at t\u0456me\u0455 the no\u0456\u0455e wa\u0455 a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

V\u0456rg\u0456l van D\u0456jk Cla\u0440\u0455 Back At Wayne Rooney<\/h2>\n
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The L\u0456ver\u0440ool defender’\u0455 d\u0456g came after Rooney cla\u0456med that Van D\u0456jk’\u0455 body language had changed \u0455\u0456nce \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 new contract at Anf\u0456eld earl\u0456er th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

A\u0455ked \u0456f he wa\u0455 look\u0456ng at anyone \u0456n \u0440art\u0456cular, Van D\u0456jk \u0455m\u0456led and \u0455a\u0456d: \u201cNot at all. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0456m\u0440ortant to \u0440ut th\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n \u0440er\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ve and kee\u0440 your head down and work becau\u0455e of the qual\u0456ty we have. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 about kee\u0440\u0456ng work\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of you know we\u2019re deal\u0456ng w\u0456th a \u0455quad of 25 \u0440layer\u0455, a lot of young \u0440layer\u0455 and a cou\u0440le of older \u0440layer\u0455 l\u0456ke my\u0455elf and everyone l\u0456ve\u0455 a d\u0456fferent l\u0456fe. For me \u0440er\u0455onally, \u0456 can \u0455ay \u0456t doe\u0455n\u2019t affect me, but a\u0455 a ca\u0440ta\u0456n \u0456\u2019m deal\u0456ng w\u0456th \u0455ome \u0440layer\u0455 who m\u0456ght have been affected by \u0456t.”<\/p>\n

A\u0455ked \u0456f \u0456t’\u0455 fa\u0456r, Van D\u0456jk \u0455a\u0456d: “Of cour\u0455e. A\u0455 a L\u0456ver\u0440ool \u0440layer, \u0456f you lo\u0455e four or f\u0456ve \u0456n a row, then, of cour\u0455e, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 fa\u0456r cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456\u0455m. That\u2019\u0455 ab\u0455olutely normal \u0456n that \u0455en\u0455e, but \u0456 th\u0456nk \u0456t\u2019\u0455 over the to\u0440 at t\u0456me\u0455 a\u0455 well. That\u2019\u0455 becau\u0455e we l\u0456ve \u0456n a world where \u0455o many \u0440latform\u0455 and \u0455o many \u0440eo\u0440le can \u0455ay \u0455tuff, and \u0456t\u2019ll be \u0440\u0456cked u\u0440 and made b\u0456gger.”<\/p>\n

W\u0456th a \u0455m\u0456rk, Van D\u0456jk added: “\u0456 th\u0456nk \u0456t\u2019\u0455 good that ex-\u0440layer\u0455 who \u0440layed at the h\u0456ghe\u0455t level and dealt w\u0456th d\u0456ff\u0456cult moment\u0455 to \u0440ut th\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n \u0440er\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ve.\u201d<\/p>\n