"The Premier League legend I'd love to have in my team? There are too many you can think of because I've managed so many players but possibly Wayne Rooney," David Moyes said on Amazon Prime.
Moyes managed Rooney twice: the Premier League teenage sensation played under him at Everton and later, the two reunited at Man United during Moyes' brief stint at Old Trafford.
However, it wasn't always roses and daisies between them. In fact, in 2008 Moyes even tried to sue Rooney!
In his 2006 autobiography "Wayne Rooney: My Story So Far," Rooney claimed that Moyes leaked the details of a private conversation they had two years before.
Rooney told Moyes he wanted to leave Everton after he was spotted visiting a prostitute. Next day the Liverpool Echo published a story about the conversation and Wayne was sure it was Moyes who couldn't keep it a secret.
Moyes branded the story 'wholly untrue' and sued Rooney, his co-author Hunter Davies and the HarperCollins publishing agency. Eventually, the suit was settled before the trial in 2008. Rooney apologized and paid damages and legal costs worth £500,000.
Moyes is believed to have received £50,000-£150,000 of that.
"Wayne phoned me up to apologise for his book and to say that the things he'd put in his book were wrong, and he'd made a mistake," Moyes told The Guardian in 2010.
"I got the impression it was something Wayne wanted to do, rather than someone suggesting it to him. It came across that he wanted to make the call and set things straight between us, and I appreciated that. I had to give him a lot of credit for that.
"For me it showed his maturity and he thanked us for the help that had been given to him at Everton. The court case had been won, anyway so it was over as far as I was concerned, but I said to him: 'No problem, that's fine. It just shows the maturity and where you're coming to.'
"Now he's the one who's sorting out the young players at Man United. Anyone who's stepping out of line, not doing it right, he's the one who's looking after them. Everybody gets a bit older and wiser."
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