Wayne Rooney is finally tweeting as himself again – and replying to smartarse fans like the old days

It's great having him back

Nooruddean Choudry

Wayne Rooney is finally tweeting as himself again – and replying to smartarse fans like the old days

Wayne, we’ve missed you @.

Who can forget the glory days of Wayne Rooney composing all his own tweets. Sure we all took the piss at the time, but in hindsight, that brief window of genuine posts from the man himself was a halcyon period of typos, tantrums, and pure honesty.

Alas tweets asking the ether whether Rio wanted picking up in the morning, lamenting that he wanted to run to Whitney (@), threatening to put himself to sleep ‘u little girl’, and telling Piers Morgan to ‘shut up u egg’, were replaced with this sort of corporate ghost-written fare…

A proud moment this weekend, and now these just arrived to top it off. Can’t wait to wear them, join me: https://t.co/tnYSsva8Nu pic.twitter.com/aVJcqiNL9h

— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) January 23, 2017

But finally, the social media maverick is back. Rather unexpectedly, following Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to Hull which qualified them for the EFL final over two legs, Wayne Rooney wrestled back control of his own account from his representation.

True to previous form, the tweet was genuine, mistyped, and endearing. Despite the disappointing result on the night, he was eager to show his appreciation for United’s travelling support…

Have to say our fans tonight was unbelievable 👏👏👏

— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) January 26, 2017

Of course Twitter being Twitter, people were always going to mention the grammatically incorrect ‘was’ instead of ‘were’…

https://twitter.com/everydaydude/status/824747732057198593

https://twitter.com/bradcuhz/status/824747544664227840

But when a rather rude individual questioned Wayne’s schooling and qualifications, the Manchester United captain couldn’t resist responding with a frank reply…

https://twitter.com/UtdJW/status/824747920192860160