Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hailed Manchester United colleague Wayne Rooney as "the perfect player'' and believes his club's all-time leading scorer in Europe should be held in higher regard.
Rooney's goal in the 4-0 Europa League win over Feyenoord on Thursday night was his 39th in continental competitions for United, a tally that saw him eclipse Ruud van Nistelrooy as the leading marksman in European games, and it also leaves him just one behind Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time haul of 249.
His latest effort, a delicious dink over Brad Jones, came just five days after he vowed he was "not finished yet'' as an England international following the publication of images of the 31-year-old, in Three Lions' gear, appearing worse for wear during the international break.