Wayne Rooney has topped the Premiership’s replica shirts league published in the Premier League Season Review. Figures are based on the number of official club shirts sold domestically and internationally. In the case of someone like Rooney, the figure would run into millions.
It is the first time that Rooney has topped the league and the first time a United player has taken the top slot since the Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007-8. Another United player, Ryan Giggs, enters the top ten for the first time at the age of 37.
Wayne Rooney has topped the Premiership’s replica shirts league published in the Premier League Season Review. Figures are based on the number of official club shirts sold domestically and internationally. In the case of someone like Rooney, the figure would run into millions.
It is the first time that Rooney has topped the league and the first time a United player has taken the top slot since the Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007-8. Another United player, Ryan Giggs, enters the top ten for the first time at the age of 37.
The clubs represented in the top ten are Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Chelsea and Manchester United have three players each represented, although one of those (Torres) moved from Liverpool to Chelsea. For United Javier Hernández bursts into the table in fourth position.
The top ten positions (with last year’s position in brackets) are:
- Wayne Rooney (3)
- Fernando Torres (1)
- Steven Gerrard (2)
- Javier Hernández (‘Chicharito’) (New entry)
- Robin van Perse (re-entry)
- Frank Lampard (6)
- Didier Drogba (7)
- Luis Suárez (New entry)
- Andrey Arshavin (5)
- Ryan Giggs (New entry)