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MrCon replied to the thread Soccer Men's Soccer (Football) Thread.

Not clear at all, no. Rooney was never very marketable, because he's got a face like a bowl of smashed hammers and so I don't think he ever had a profile quite like Bale. Bale's relationship with Wales was also very different to how England's media treated Rooney, which colours things quite a bit. On seeing the premise above, my initial thought was to think Bale might have edged it as the better player, but Rooney maybe had a more impressive career. Then I went to Wiki and now I'm finding it hard to convince myself that Rooney's career isn't a bit underrated and that if you could only pick one, you'd be mad not to pick him. Like, for one season, it's hard to argue against Bale (he's got a couple of utterly astonishing appearance/goal ratios), but Rooney was consistently a monster for a decade.