Wayne Rooney has finished rock-bottom on the list of favourite Euro 2024 pundits, with the Manchester United legend failing to win over viewers.
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Rooney least popular punditKeown and Aluko round out bottom threeSurprise name at No.1GettyWHAT HAPPENED?
The ex-England international formed part of the BBC’s coverage team for the European Championships in Germany. Rooney was not given any of the Three Lions’ games, as they made another final, and is considered to have earned positive sentiment from just 3.6% of fans in a study by that used social media monitoring to determine who was talked about most positively.
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Rooney was joined at the wrong end of that list by fellow pundits and co-commentators Martin Keown (4.2%), Eni Eluko (4.9%), Gaizka Mendieta (4.9%) and Jermaine Jenas (5.1%). At the other end of the scale, Scotland international Rachel Corsie was a surprising name at the top of the charts – with a positivity ranking of 74.7%.
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Aston Villa star Corsie was joined in the top five by Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl (58.7%), Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou (53.2%), ex-Portugal international Jose Fonte (46.3%) and Brentford coach Thomas Frank (45.1%). Joe Hart, Gary Neville, Frank Lampard, Cesc Fabregas and Christian Unkel completed the top 10.
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BetVictor spokesperson Sam Boswell said: “Away from the drama on the pitch as Spain defeated England for their fourth European Championship title on Sunday, there was also the debate to be settled as to who came out on top in the battle of the punditry line-ups between BBC or ITV over the duration of the tournament. While the usual suspects such as Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards were all out in force in Germany for their respective channels over the last month, it’s refreshing to see a relative newcomer to the punditry scene in Rachel Corsie finish top of our list, having spoken excellently on the BBC during Scotland games in the group stage. Perhaps most eye-catching of all however, is that Wayne Rooney sits bottom of our ranking, with Eni Aluko also joining him in the bottom three. Given Wayne Rooney has since been appointed as the new Plymouth Argyle manager, perhaps it’s for the best that his punditry days are now behind him for the time being!”