Wayne Rooney a symbol of United’s fall from summit

So, it is a hail and hearty ‘welcome home’ to Steven Gerrard who returns next week to Liverpool’s Melwood training ground to don a bib and get a sneak peek at life under Jurgen Klopp & Co. 
Wayne Rooney a symbol of United’s fall from summit

You know what, it’s like he’s never been away. Which, of course, he wasn’t. Not mentally, in any case. Landon Donovan intimated as much recently.

It was Donovan who suggested earlier this month that both Gerrard and Frank Lampard had misjudged the MLS after the pair checked out after far from inspiring first seasons with the LA Galaxy and New York City franchises respectively.

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