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Time waits for no-one, not even Rooney
The striker needs to accept a reduced role to prolong his career, says KADEEM SIMMONDS

FATHER time is undefeated. No matter what happens, humans get older.

For most, he doesn’t affect their work until retirement around 65 but for athletes, Time comes a lot quicker and prevents them from doing what they want to do.

Wayne Rooney is currently battling with getting older and managers have not helped the transition into the latter years of his career.

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