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No chance. He's the most over rated player of his generation. He does a decent job at club level with the occasional flash of brilliance or purple patch but consistently fails to deliver at international level and suffers from frequent spells of bad form. More like economy class!

..and he's called "wayne".

If Rooney was defined as an attacking midfielder then I would easily say world class but he's not he's a striker/forward so no not world class

Rooney doesn't do it on a consistent basis, one full consistent season does not come across as a world class player to me.

I can see him becoming one though, unfortunately

Terry, Drogba, Reina, Pique and Cassilas don't warrant the world class tag, but as much as I hate him, I think Rooney probably does

His form was so poor at the world cup and during the furst half of the season that it was easy to forget how effective he can be (as he showed last season)

for me to be world class, you need to have done it for club and country for more than 1 and a half seasons

Talking out yer arse there m8.

The issue he is that Rooney has not played anywhere apart from the Prem league, he has not proved himself on the International seen at all yet some claim he`s world class. I think you can only be world class if you have proved yourself in deifferent leagues and internationally. To say he`s world class is the same as saying the Red Sox are world champions in baseball, only American teams can play so how are they world champions.?
On his day a wonderful player but also has the ability to be a gigantic Ars***le and pretty poor, neither trait you would find in Lionel Messi

How can the best keeper in the world not be world class?

i know i hate it when people think like that. players other than strikers and wingers can be world class

Using that logic questionmarks would be placed over proper world class players like Ronaldo and Messi - neither of whom have reproduced their club form for their country

And Messi has only played in the spanish league

Rooney has on the whole been massively disappointing for England but it's worth remembering that arguably his finest hour was in an England shirt in Euro 2004

Emp has it right on this one - an on-form Rooney is a world class player.

We might not like it (personally I think he's probably the most repugnant individual to have ever worn a football shirt and i wish him nothing but ill will) but I don't think we can really question his quality

Fernando Torres was certainly world class during his first two seasons at Liverpool - we might hate him now but surely noone would argue against that

He looks anything but at the moment - and long may it continue