I’m sorry, but we shouldn’t make Rooney apologise if he’s not sorry
Read spiked editor Mick Hume's Notebook in The Times (London).
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‘I make no apology for returning to Wayne Rooney and the World Cup. And Rooney should make no apology for getting sent off. Indeed, it would be better if others were to follow his lead and refuse to make empty public apologies….’
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