rooney is no where near being a the top world player.Messi,drogba,torres,malito,villa and emile heskey are all better than him(ok myabe not heskey lol)and lets not for get e'to just won the CL for the 2nd time in 2 years with 2 different clubs.and thats just strikers.funny how when the worlds best footballer is talked about its only ever strikers or all out attacking players that get mentioned.look at gerrard for example he has a much better all round game than Rooney,so does lampard.they say that strikers are judged on goals,if thats the case the best striker for england is crouch,but i dont hear anyone saying he's the best player in the world.
with midfielders u have snieder,ronaldo and many other players who are all better than Rooney,he is a good player but no where near the best player in the world.