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Wayne Rooney takes fresh swipe at Cristiano Ronaldo by ditching former Man United teammate in TV game of 'play, bench, drop'.... while insisting his rival Lionel Messi would 'have' to play

Wayne Rooney has taken a fresh swipe at Cristiano Ronaldo in ongoing spat between the former Manchester United teammates.

The Red Devils legend, appearing on Indian TV station JioCinema, was asked on Sunday who he would start, who he would bench and who he would drop between Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Harry Kane.

Rooney said Argentina talisman Messi would 'have' to play, while quickly stating that he would bench England captain Kane.

Wayne Rooney (above) has been involved in an ongoing spat with Cristiano Ronaldo
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Rooney then claimed that he would drop his former strike partner Ronaldo, but only because the Portugal star has not been featuring regularly for Erik ten Hag's side this season.