England To Move Wayne Rooney Back To Central Attacking Role

England will restore Wayne Rooney to a central attacking position behind Daniel Sturridge for their match on Thursday against Uruguay.

Rooney was a playmaker in the middle of an attacking trident, operating behind a lone forward, throughout the training session at their base in Urca on Tuesday, with Raheem Sterling often on the right and Danny Welbeck on the left.

“I said from the start I want to do everything I can to make sure I’m ready for these World Cup games and as part of that, I was doing extra training a week before the squad joined up,” Rooney said on his Facebook page. “That’s exactly what I did [on Monday], my own extra training, because that’s what I wanted to do.”