Wayne Rooney believes that he cannot be considered an England great until he has helped his side to secure major silverware.

The Manchester United striker took over as captain of the Three Lions over the summer following Steven Gerrard’s retirement from international duty after the World Cup and is widely hailed as the best player in Roy Hodgson’s squad.

Rooney is set to win his 100^th cap against Slovenia at the age of 29 on Saturday and is just six goals away from Sir Bobby Charlton’s all time record in the white shirt.

With time on his side, ‘Wazza’ is likely to top the charts at some stage, but the man himself says that he can never be placed alongside Charlton unless he captains England to a major trophy:

"Obviously I’m not going to be as big a legend as Sir Bobby Charlton – he’s won the World Cup with England, so to eclipse that I’d have to win the World Cup, which would be a massive achievement.” He is quoted by the London Evening Standard.

"I could sit here saying I’ve got 200 caps and 100 goals for my country, but the ultimate is to win a trophy and that’s what we all want to do. That’s why we play football, to win. That’s the target and hopefully sometime soon we can achieve that.

"To be England’s greatest ever goal-scorer would be massive. The record has stood for so many years, there have been plenty of players who haven’t been able to break it.

"I’m still relatively young and believe I can do it, but without taking anything for granted, I want to keep trying to do my best for the team, make sure I do the best for the team and when I get my chance to score make sure I take those chances. Hopefully that record will come."

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