Wayne Rooney is a person of his phrase.
Turn the clock again to the final 16 of the World Cup, when the previous England striker pledged to row down the River Mersey if Norway beat Brazil.
Norway did precisely that, beating the five-time champions 2-1, so BBC Sport pundit Rooney confirmed dwell on air that he would tackle the problem within the US.
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He and fellow pundits Joe Hart and Micah Richards swapped their microphones for oars and took to the Hudson River in New York.
“I loved it,” Rooney mentioned. “The fans were brilliant. So we’ve done it out of respect for the fans.”
Norway followers’ viking row turned a sensation on the World Cup, and even Norway striker Erling Haaland was eager to see Rooney in motion.
“Wayne, I expect you to go out on a rowing trip,” he mentioned.
Norway had been knocked out by England within the quarter-finals.
Rooney, Hart and Richards will probably be again on dry land alongside Gabby Logan for Sunday’s World Cup last (20:00 BST), which will probably be accessible to look at dwell on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
England play France within the World Cup third-place match on Saturday at 22:00, additionally dwell on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.