Phil Bardsley left Rooney with ‘blood everywhere’ after notorious boxing knockout
Wayne Rooney is mulling over a transfer to Misfits Boxing, however judging by what occurred the final time he slipped on a pair of gloves, maybe he ought to assume twice.
The Manchester United and England legend has a good bit of time on his arms after being humiliatingly sacked by Birmingham City after simply 15 matches final month, and it is understood he is held talks to enroll with Misfits, the boxing promotion based by YouTube icon KSI.
Wazza is an enormous boxing fan and was a member of an newbie membership throughout his teen years in Liverpool. He was infamously knocked out by former team-mate Phil Bardsley whereas sparring in his kitchen again in 2015, and a clip of the incident went viral.
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Rooney had the great graces to take the mickey out of himself for it by celebrating a purpose towards Tottenham a number of days later by throwing a number of air punches and falling to the ground.
Recalling the sparring session, Bardsley mentioned there was “blood everywhere” after Rooney hit the marble flooring. “He was out a couple of seconds and we were all panicking,” the Sunderland icon mentioned again in 2021. “I didn’t know what to do, everyone was panic stations!
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“[Rooney] comes around and goes to the sink, I’ve got a big cut lip, blood everywhere, he’s got a bit of blood, we were running it under the sink and we just looked at each other and laughed.”
Bardsley mentioned he was shocked to see the video emerge on-line, however credited Rooney for disarming his critics along with his inventive purpose celebration. Interestingly, he additionally tipped the ex-England skipper to think about boxing in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.
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“I think one of the lads naively videoed it and sent it to his mate, and before you know it, it gets out of control,” he mentioned. “I think the best thing about it was the celebration because he just completely killed the whole thing. We’ve never sparred since, that was it! We might do it when we both finish, we might do it here (Old Trafford)!”
Bardsley and Rooney shared a dressing room at Man United for 3 years, although the previous spent nearly all of that interval out on mortgage. After making simply 18 appearances for the Red Devils, Bardsley left to hitch Sunderland in 2007. He later performed for Stoke, Burnley and Stockport earlier than hanging up his boots in 2023.
