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30th Jul 2015

Wayne Rooney has been copping untold abuse for his handwritten Twitter message

Give Wazza a break

Patrick McCarry

Looks like it was done with Microsoft Paint.

It has been a relatively quiet summer for Wayne Rooney, in terms of media coverage and transfer links.

The Manchester United striker looks set to lead the line, this upcoming season, as Louis van Gaal seeks to build a league-winning attack around him.

Rooney signed off from United’s pre-season tour to the USA with a handwritten message attached to a cheerio tweet.

What has followed, in the past three hours has been a slew of guffaws and insults about his somewhat rudimentary musings.

More importantly though

Elementary, my dear Watson

One user jumped to Wazza’s defence

Hat-tip: Mirror Row Zed

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