Even though the fastest news media had not published the contents of the press conference yet, the England players heard about what their manager had said very quickly.
That was because Gerrard told his roommate, Rooney, about what the boss had said. Even though one of them was a Liverpool player, and the other, a Manchester United player, and Rooney even used to be a player of Liverpool's city rival, Everton, this did not affect the friendship between the players.
Rooney was shocked by the boss's attitude. He could not understand the reasoning behind it, and he decided to tell another teammate, Chelsea's John Terry.
