{"id":54086,"date":"2025-11-11T18:56:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/wayne-rooney-doubles-down-on-virgil-van-dijk-criticism-paper-talk-and-football-gossip-football-news\/11\/11\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T18:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:56:56","slug":"wayne-rooney-doubles-down-on-virgil-van-dijk-criticism-paper-talk-and-football-gossip-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/wayne-rooney-doubles-down-on-virgil-van-dijk-criticism-paper-talk-and-football-gossip-football-news\/11\/11\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney doubles down on Virgil van Dijk criticism &#8211; Paper talk and football gossip | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Premier League<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Wayne Rooney<\/strong> has put the boot into <strong>Liverpool<\/strong> captain <strong>Virgil van Dijk<\/strong> once again, saying &#8220;I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s been at the level this season.&#8221; &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former <strong>Manchester United<\/strong> defender <strong>Axel Tuanzebe<\/strong>, now of <strong>Burnley<\/strong>, is pushing ahead with a \u00a31million lawsuit as he sues the club for alleged &#8216;clinical negligence&#8217; in relation to &#8216;medical advice&#8217; he received &#8211; <em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raheem Sterling<\/strong> was the victim of a home break-in on Saturday night while he and his children were in their house &#8211; <em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruben Amorim<\/strong> was brutal in his criticism of <strong>Manuel Ugarte<\/strong> in a now-infamous team meeting &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United<\/strong> have joined clubs including <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong>, <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, <strong>Paris St-Germain<\/strong> and <strong>Bayern Munich<\/strong> in the battle to sign 16-year-old German midfielder <strong>Kennet Eichhorn<\/strong> from <strong>Hertha Berlin<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Sky in Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>European football<\/h3>\n<p>Former <strong>Manchester United<\/strong> boss <strong>Erik ten Hag<\/strong> has turned down the vacant manager position at <strong>Ajax <\/strong>&#8211; NOS<\/p>\n<h3><strong>La Liga<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Vinicius Junior <\/strong>is facing an uncertain future at <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong> future as the club&#8217;s hierarchy are unwilling to match his demands to be on the same salary as <strong>Kylian Mbappe <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Sport.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Steven Gerrard<\/strong>, <strong>Gary O&#8217;Neil <\/strong>and <strong>Carlos Coberan<\/strong> are among the managers being touted to take over at <strong>Middlesbrough<\/strong> &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12040\/13468860\/wayne-rooney-doubles-down-on-virgil-van-dijk-criticism-paper-talk-and-football-gossip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday&rsquo;s newspapers&hellip; 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