Finland star explains Wayne Rooney tattoo forward of England conflict

Loads of footballers get ink achieved, however Finland winger Topi Keskinen has fairly a singular tattoo that has gained consideration forward of Sunday’s assembly with England.

The 21-year-old, who strains out for Scottish Premiership outfit Aberdeen, has a picture of Wayne Rooney holding a fishing rod on his forearm – which he designed himself.

Keskinen defined that the Manchester United and Everton legend is a childhood hero of his, and determined to mix him with one among his favorite pastimes within the type of a tattoo.

“My mum, she’s an Everton fan and Rooney performed there. After which he made a transfer to Man United and I began watching Man United video games,” he stated forward of the Uefa Nations League encounter.

“He was like an idol to me. I used to be watching his highlights in each recreation that he performed in his profession, so he’s my favorite participant in my life.

“So I tattooed him with fishing, as a result of I like fishing additionally. It’s my two favorite issues mixed in a single tattoo.”

Finland’s Topi Keskinen has a tattoo of two of his favorite issues: Wayne Rooney and fishing

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Finland are but to select up some extent from their opening three video games of the group, however Keskinen believes they are going to discover alternatives to attain after watching England lose to Greece on Thursday.

“We’re going to get some possibilities within the recreation. We simply must make some proper choices and be deadly,” he stated.

“In fact they conceded a few objectives and two objectives offside. In fact we are able to rating from them.

“I believe we’re going to get some possibilities as a result of they didn’t defend that effectively when that got here.

“There’s some high quality in that group, so it’s not straightforward. Once we get the possibility, we’ve to do effectively.

“We will damage them and we’ve the house help. I believe it’s going to be a bit totally different recreation than the primary one.

“Hopefully we preserve the ball extra, and if we play towards an enormous nation we’ve to attain from the possibility. We’re not going to get them that a lot, so we’ve to imagine in ourselves.”

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