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Wayne Rooney: FA warns former England captain over long-stud comments in interview

Derby County manager Wayne Rooney has been warned by the Football Association after saying he once wore boots with long studs "to injure someone".

Rooney's England team-mate John Terry suffered a foot injury in the game, which Chelsea won 3-0.

"For that game I changed them [studs] to big, long metal ones - the maximum length you could have," said Rooney.

The 36-year-old added: "I wanted to try and hurt someone, try and injure someone."

England's all-time leading goalscorer added that if there was a challenge there "I knew I'd want to go in for it properly, basically - I did, actually".