Former Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney shared one of the most bizarre stories that you will ever hear from his time on international duty.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Stick to Football podcast, Rooney, Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Ian Wright were discussing rumours and myths they had been told about them.
The conversation turned to massages, and the players who were obsessed with them, and felt they couldn't train right if they didn't get one.
Being the live-wire that he was, Rooney revealed that he got his massages quite late at night, but two Chelsea stars in particular were even later still.
Frank Lampard and John Terry were so accustomed to their treatment at Chelsea, that they brought their own masseuse when away with England, and it only gets weirder from there.
“I used to get one [massage] at 9pm, but the last ones after me were always JT and Lamps", said Rooney.
“Bill, who was the Chelsea masseuse, was there and he’d massage them, then they’d go into bed and get their feet out under the bed, and he’d massage them until they fell asleep.
“He would massage their feet until they fell asleep then he tucked them in. I swear.”
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Wayne Rooney on why he used to sing while getting massages.
The ex-Everton star wasn't without his own quirks though, as he admitted to watching old musicals during massages back in Euro 2004, and he wouldn't just watch them either.
Neville asked: “Is it true that at Euro 2004, you watched Oliver and would sing all the songs whenever you got a massage?”
He replied: “Yes, that’s true. I used to love the ‘Boy For Sale’ bit.”
Keane was quick to share his feelings on masseuses, and those who get too friendly with them.
“They’d be wearing their headphones as if they were players, coming off the bus and you’re thinking, just relax, oh my God. ‘Anyone selling their car?’ – they’d try and buy the player’s cars on the cheap, and you’re like lads relax.
“What happens to them [masseuses], they become mates with them [players], play golf with them and then they think they’re a coach, a manager, and best buddies with all the players and before you know it, they’re an agent, advising them.
“Do you know what else they do? They hang around and get players boots. They end up having loads of boots and the lads’ trainers – scavengers in the dressing room.
“Get rid of all the masseurs, every one of them. You have managers going ‘they’re really important’ - they are not important.”
It's fair to say that nobody was rubbing Keane's feet while he fell asleep anyway.
