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"I think it's a shame that he left Manchester United - he's a Manchester lad," Rooney said. "He's the one player who's got a chance to get my record there.

"Records are there for someone to break and for a Manchester lad to do it, I think would be great. But over the last few years, he hasn't been present there. We know what a good player he is, so he probably needed that change. It's a shame to see it go the way it has because I'd still love him there."

'England can win it'

Rooney and Walcott were joined on the show by Jermain Defoe as the trio reminisced on their time with England.

For their penultimate friendly, Tuchel's side were without Arsenal quartet Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke after their Premier League title win and the Champions League final.

With three of Aston Villa's Europa League winners also in the squad, plus Crystal Palace's Conference League-winning goalkeeper Dean Henderson, Defoe believes players winning trophies at club level can only help England at the World Cup.

"They've got tournament experience now," he said. "Not only tournament experience, but getting to finals, being in touching distance. So the squad have to go into it confident.

"They have to believe that they can get over the line. They have to believe they can compete against other nations. We can talk about France and Argentina, but they'll be talking about England. I'm sure they will be talking about England being one of their favourites with the players that we've got."

Rooney has spoken previously about some of Tuchel's call-ups for his World Cup squad and his "shock" at Harry Maguire's omission.

But he said England fans and ex-players have to trust the manager.

"He's obviously thought about what squad he's going to pick and why," Rooney said.

"There will be reasons why he hasn't taken Cole Palmer or Phil Foden or Maguire and why he's taken others - but I trust him. He's a top manager, he knows what's at stake and he's picked a squad that he thinks can compete to win the World Cup.

"I would have made a couple of different decisions than he has but that's why he's England manager. He is there to make these decisions. We just have to back him."

Tuchel is bidding to become the first England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey to win the World Cup and end a 60-year wait.

"I think deep down he believes he can do it," Walcott said, "otherwise he wouldn't have committed to this. It's going to be tough, but you've got to believe. I think: 'Why not? Why can't they?'"

"England can win - there's no doubting that," Rooney added. "You need a bit of luck along the way but I think you've got a top manager, a really good squad and you need everything to be right. If that's the case, we can certainly win it."

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