The UEFA Champions League final is fast approaching and Wayne Rooney is excited as a little boy with his new toy. He wants the bragging rights. It has been 3 years since Liverpool won the Champions League and Rooney has claimed that he has been hurting since then.

Come Moscow and according to him, it is time to set the record straight. The Liverpool born striker but an avid fan of Everton, it was difficult for him to swallow the fact that the bitter rivals of his childhood team winning Europe’s top honours. He said “It is difficult when you see one of your rivals winning things. When Liverpool took the trophy, it was hard to take. Because they haven't really been challenging for the league in the last few years, they've had chances to rest players before big Champions League games and that helped them. By Liverpool winning the Champions League, it's made us want to win it even more.”

Even as an Everton player, when Man Utd last won the Champions League, Rooney found joy in making a mockery out of his Liverpool FC friends. He admitted to that when he said “A few of us watched the match and most of my mates were Liverpool fans. It was just me and another pal who were Everton supporters. We wanted United to win and obviously they (my mates) didn't. When they won, I was really happy and we were winding the Liverpool fans up. I remember listening to the radio after the game and they were speaking to a lot of fans around Manchester. The atmosphere there sounded brilliant, so hopefully I can be involved in something like that this year.”

Anytime before that, Man Utd will have to look back to 1968 and Rooney is fast to point out that he is inspired by United’s glorious past which will seek to spur him further into lifting the trophy. “I don't think it will be a burden, we just need to go out there and try and enjoy ourselves. If we enjoy playing, I'm sure we will do well. If we go out there thinking a bit negative then it becomes harder. The players are well educated in the history of the club. When you walk around the training ground, you see the players from 1958, 1968 all the way through to today.”