{"id":25570,"date":"2022-03-23T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25570"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:02:28","slug":"patrick-vieira-and-wayne-rooney-inducted-into-pl-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25570","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Vieira And Wayne Rooney Inducted Into PL Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wayne Rooney (left) and Patrick Vieira in action (PA Archive\/PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Vieira and Wayne Rooney have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The duo have become the first two inductees of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vieira played 307 times in the Premier League, winning the competition three times including as captain of the Arsenal \u2018Invincibles\u2019 team, who remain the only club to have won the title without losing a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rooney is the Premier League\u2019s all-time second-highest goalscorer with 208 goals for Manchester United and Everton, he also won the league five times at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor for me to be named in the Premier League Hall of Fame, alongside an incredible group of players who have already been inducted,\u201d Rooney said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGrowing up, I watched the Premier League as far back as I can remember. My dream was always to become a professional footballer, score goals, and win trophies and I was lucky enough to win the Premier League five times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have so many brilliant memories from my years playing for Everton and Manchester United and I\u2019m really proud of what we achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo enter the Hall of Fame is very special for me personally and I\u2019m grateful to be recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The duo have become the ninth and 10th players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as they join David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Dennis Bergkamp, Frank Lampard, Roy Keane, Eric Cantona, Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame is a fantastic achievement,\u201d Vieira said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I received the news, I thought about being a young boy playing in Senegal, or in a suburb of Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be there with the best players in the Premier League, the best league in the world, is bigger than what I was ever thinking about. To have my name around those players makes me proud and makes me realize how good I was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not bad company to join. I was lucky to play at the same time as some of them, of course including Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp.\u00a0So to share the stage with them makes me realize I had a really good career.\u201d<\/p>\n

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