Rooney is replica shirt best seller

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LONDON (Reuters): When it comes to sporting the name of their favourite Premier League player on the back of a replica shirt, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is officially the most popular choice of fans around the world.

Global sales data from Sporting iD, who determined the top five by the number of player names sold for official replica shirts, said it was a close race for the top three positions.

Rooney edged out Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard and Chelsea frontman Fernando Torres, who may go up in the popularity stakes after hitting a hat-trick in the 6-1 Premier League win over Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.

Cristiano Ronaldo, formerly with Manchester United and now with Real Madrid, is the fourth most popular over the 20 seasons of the Premier League, with Chelsea’s Frank Lampard fifth.

Sporting iD global sales & marketing director Rob Thayne said demand for Rooney shirts “showed no signs of abating”.

“He truly went into a league of his own in 2007 when Ruud van Nistelrooy vacated the Manchester United number 10,” he said.

“That’s the shirt of one of Wayne’s heroes, Denis Law, and of course 10 is the fabled number of Pele and Maradona. Add to that Rooney’s incredible performances and popularity then, it’s no surprise that there’s such global demand by fans for his name.”

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