Wayne Rooney can't handle the truth when it comes to Steven Gerrard's comments

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The England team Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard once played in was full of egos - and the former Manchester United striker and ex-England captain had one of the biggest of the lotJeremy joined the Daily Star in 2010 as Manchester football correspondent and for more than a decade has served as our Chief Sports Writer. But in the process of disagreeing with Steven Gerrard, all he has done is prove his former England team-mate right.Gerrard put the cat amongst the pigeons when he labelled England's former golden generation as 'egotistical losers'.

Almost like his ego has been pricked, even.READ MORE: Wayne Rooney takes issue with Steven Gerrard's 'egotistical losers' commentREAD MORE: Wayne Rooney slams Mohamed Salah's 'work ethic' in savage attack on Liverpool legend"Obviously we didn't win anything", said Rooney, "I wouldn't quite put it that (Gerrard's) way, but I know what he's saying. That's disrespectful to us as players, because we worked hard."Rooney went on to say it was difficult to have that relationship between Manchester United and Liverpool players, before admitting David Beckham, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes were never going to be close to team-mates from Merseyside.Hence Gerrard's point.

And Gerrard's comments have stung Rooney.But let's not forget Rooney is the footballer who spoke the immortal words 'the big man is back in town', upon returning to England's base in Baden-Baden during the 2006 World Cup, having flown back to England for scans on an injury.If this isn't egotistical, then what is?And just imagine what the likes of Gerrard, John Terry, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard made of such comments?A couple of weeks later, Rooney got himself sent off as England crashed out of the tournament to Portugal. Gerrard has explained what it was - and Rooney needs to accept it.Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.