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		</div><p>Wayne Rooney never considered himself a natural goalscorer, but Manchester United and England’s record-breaking striker believes he should have netted even more.</p>
<p>Having burst onto the scene with Everton so astonishingly at 16, the forward earned a big-money move to Old Trafford in 2004 and went onto score 253 goals in 559 appearances during a medal-laden spell there.</p>
<p>Rooney usurped Sir Bobby Charlton as United’s all-time top scorer, just as he did in the England record books having netted 53 across 120 caps – not that he really considers himself to be a sharpshooter.</p>
<p>“I’m going to be honest — and this might surprise you — but I’m not a natural goalscorer,” the 34-year-old wrote in his Sunday Times column.</p>
<p><em>“I was never a Gary Lineker or a Ruud van Nistelrooy; I never looked at myself that way.</em></p>
<p><em>“I hold the goal records for Manchester United and England and am very proud about that — yet there have been better No 9s than me.”</em></p>
<p>Rooney believes Harry Kane is the closest he has seen to Van Nistelrooy and said <em>“if I were building a team, he’s the one I’d start with”.</em></p>
<p>The Derby player-coach said he would be telling the striker <em>“to stay high as that No 9”</em> after seeing him drop deeper in the last two seasons and backed the Tottenham star to soon supplant him in the England charts.</p>
<p><em>“How did I become a record-breaker if I wasn’t a natural scorer? Time,”</em> Rooney said.<em> “I played for United for 13 years, England for 15 years. I had time to break those records – and looking back I should have scored more.</em></p>
<p><em>“I don’t think it will take long for Harry Kane to claim my England record and it would be a proud moment for me.</em></p>
<p><em>“I’ve never been a selfish player and it would be great for England for Harry to get there. Bobby Charlton had to wait 50 years — I hope it’s not so long for me.</em></p>
<p><em>“The United record might last longer simply because players don’t stay at clubs as long as they used to.</em></p>
<p><em>“Mind you, if Messi or Ronaldo came to Old Trafford for a swansong they’d probably break it in three or four years.”</em></p>
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