England coach Roy Hodgson has put Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney on notice.
The trust, to play him in the hole, the No 10 position favoured by Rooney, just isn't there.
"I'm not saying if he's exceptional or not," said Hodgson. "I have picked him because he is a very good player.
"If I say yes he is exceptional or no I don't think he's exceptional I'm wrong either way. He's a football player."
This was tetchy, the kind of performance you would expect of England's head coach when something is troubling him.
"I decide how I want to use Wayne Rooney," he added. "There is an obsession with Wayne Rooney which I don't really share.
"He can play centre forward, behind the centre forward and wide.
"If he's done all that with Manchester United there is no reason why I can't use him in those positions as well.
"I look at the players at my disposal and decide what they need and what we need. Then I expect them to do it."
