Rooney dreams of World Cup glory

WAYNE ROONEY yesterday claimed England have “a good chance” of winning the World Cup in Germany as he came face to face with the trophy for the first time - but he refused to tempt fate by taking hold of football’s biggest prize.

Rooney, star guest when the FIFA World Cup tour arrived in London, explained: “For me it’s the biggest trophy in the world and in the summer I hope to be holding it up.

“If you win the trophy obviously you should be allowed to pick it up, otherwise just leave it alone.

“Some of the greatest footballers ever have lifted this trophy so it was an awesome feeling to get up close to it.

“The boys will do everything they can to make sure we see it back here later on this summer.”

The striker admitted that, with 78 days to go to the tournament, the excitement is mounting for the players as well as the fans.

“I think we have a good chance.

“We have a lot of experienced players and a lot of young players as well.

“Over the last year we’ve been playing well and hopefully we can take that into the World Cup finals and come back as winners.

“We have a lot of good players in the squad and I think we’ll be disappointed if we don’t come back with the World Cup.

“I’m excited - it’s building up and obviously there is a lot of pressure on us all going to the World Cup.”