The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
and Rooney didn’t reach world class levels till after he left.
Rooney was the standout performer of Euro 04, that's why utd who at the time were one of the biggest clubs in the world bought him and he scored a hat trick in the CL on debut for them. I'd kind of say that indicates he was world class while he was with us, albeit for a short time.