Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney is delighted with his flying form with DC United.

Rooney says his refusal to accept star treatment at DC United is driving his stellar impact on Major League Soccer.

He has scored 10 goals in 17 games to lift DC from bottom of the table to sixth in the Eastern conference – just one win from reaching the play-offs.

“If you're going to be part of a team you have to be part of a team all in and do the same things," he said in an interview with the Men In Blazers TV show to be broadcast on NBCSN on Monday afternoon.

“I don't want special treatment because I've had a career in England. I want to be treated the same as the players here.

“I'm part of this team. It's not rocket science - if you can go and form relationships with those players, speak to them, it helps.

“I know a lot of players who have come here, big players in other countries, they haven't tended to form those relationships and buy into what the team are doing.

“I think it's important. If you do that you can have a big impact on the team."