Wayne Rooney is simply a antheral of his word.
Turn the timepiece backmost to the past 16 of the World Cup, erstwhile the erstwhile England striker pledged to enactment down the River Mersey if Norway bushed Brazil.
Norway did precisely that, beating the five-time champions 2-1, truthful BBC Sport pundit Rooney confirmed unrecorded connected aerial that helium would instrumentality connected the situation successful the US.
He and chap pundits Joe Hart and Micah Richards swapped their microphones for oars and took to the Hudson River successful New York.
"I loved it," Rooney said. "The fans were brilliant. So we've done it retired of respect for the fans."
Norway fans' viking enactment became a sensation astatine the World Cup, and adjacent Norway striker Erling Haaland was keen to spot Rooney successful action.
"Wayne, I expect you to spell retired connected a rowing trip," helium said.
Norway were knocked retired by England successful the quarter-finals.
Rooney, Hart and Richards volition beryllium backmost connected adust onshore alongside Gabby Logan for Sunday's World Cup last (20:00 BST), which volition beryllium disposable to ticker unrecorded connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
England play France successful the World Cup third-place lucifer connected Saturday astatine 22:00, besides unrecorded connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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