Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (R) is challenged by Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny during their English Premier League soccer match at the Emirates stadium in London February 12, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney can be one of the outstanding talents of this year's World Cup in Brazil, according to England manager Roy Hodgson.
It will be Rooney's fifth major tournament, but in two previous World Cups he has not lived up to the stunning impression he made as an 18-year-old at the 2004 European Championship finals in Portugal.
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