Wayne Rooney has backtracked after criticising Virgil van Dijk's attitude and being blasted for 'lazy' punditry by the Liverpool captain.
The England legend has admitted he was wrong for insinuating that a new £400,000-a-week deal, which he signed in April, has led to him 'downing tools'.
But Rooney stands by his view that the Dutchman's form has dipped and now thinks that his reaction to criticism betrays how he is distracted too much by 'outside noise'.
'My job now is to give my opinions, and I like to think I'm straight and honest with my opinions and how I feel,' he began on The Overlap Fan Debate with Sky Bet.