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		</div><p>Michael Keane believes Wayne Rooney is enjoying a new lease of life at Everton and deserves a recall to the England squad.</p>
<p>England&#8217;s record goalscorer netted his 200th Premier League goal &#8211; becoming only the second player to reach that landmark &#8211; in Everton&#8217;s 1-1 draw at Manchester City on Monday.</p>
<p>The goal was also Rooney&#8217;s second in two league appearances since rejoining his boyhood club from Manchester United and his new team-mate Keane is impressed by his work-rate.</p>
<p>The defender said: <i>&#8220;You see it more so than ever. He wants to do really well for this club. He wants to help us win something. Until that happens he won&#8217;t be resting.</p>
<p>&#8220;He has been fantastic since day one. He is a leader in the dressing room, he has worked really hard on his fitness and it is showing in the games.</p>
<p>&#8220;Obviously (it&#8217;s) two goals in two games now and hopefully it will be a lot more. He has shown his quality as well as his leadership skills.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Rooney was dropped by England manager Gareth Southgate last season as he struggled to command a regular place during his final campaign at United.</p>
<p>Keane hopes to see him return as Southgate prepares to name his squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia on Thursday.</p>
<p>The 24-year-old said: <i>&#8220;Personally I think he deserves it the way he has been playing but that is up to the manager. There are a lot of good strikers who have been scoring goals so it is his decision.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Keane is also hoping he has done enough to catch Southgate&#8217;s eye since joining Everton from Burnley in the summer.</p>
<p>Keane, who won two caps last season, said: <i>&#8220;I think we both have a good chance. There are a lot of good centre-halves out there at the minute. I am not taking anything for granted but hopefully I will be under consideration.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Rooney put Everton ahead in the 35th minute at the Etihad Stadium with a shot that went through the legs of goalkeeper Emerson.</p>
<p>Controversy then erupted when City controversially had Kyle Walker sent off before the break but the hosts battled back to secure a point with an 82nd-minute Raheem Sterling equaliser. Everton also ended the game with 10 men as Morgan Schneiderlin collected a second booking in the closing moments.</p>
<p>Keane said: <i>&#8220;If you looked before the game and said we would take a point from this place we would have been happy, but the way the game went it&#8217;s a little bit disappointing we couldn&#8217;t hold on for the win.</p>
<p>&#8220;They were attacking without causing us too much trouble but we were under pressure and, unfortunately for us, that pressure told in the end.&#8221;</i></p>
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