BOOZY Manchester United players shocked locals when they launched into a chant calling for Scousers to be BURNED during a Christmas party in a city centre pub.

The multi-millionaire stars, including LIVEPOOL-BORN Wayne Rooney, were caught on camera by a News of the World reader as they stunned punters at the Old Grapes in Manchester.

A group of first-team regulars led by club captain Gary Neville piled into the popular boozer at around 5pm last Monday.

As the beer flowed the footballers, including Wes Brown, Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ryan Giggs and Alan Smith launched into a series of familiar chants from the terraces at nearby Old Trafford.

But regulars cringed when players belted out the anti-Liverpool rant Build A Bonfire�as Wayne Rooney sat with an embarrassed grin, at the heart of the stars.

Our man on the scene told us: "It was so loud you could hear it outside. If there had been a group of Scousers in the pub it could have turned nasty."

At one point during the singalong Gary Neville, who once admitted he was "brought up to HATE Scousers", starts a chant about striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer while waving his fingers at Rooney.

And the players, some of them England regulars, even sang about how winker Ronaldo made our national side look "s***" at last summer's World Cup.

A Man United spokesman defended the players' actions. He said "The lads were on a night off and it was nothing more than high spirits."

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/united.shtml

lol, funny but a little un-called for.

Gary Neville is well known for his anti-scouser antics, but Rooney?

r**ney is an adopted Manc now, he's certainly no Scouser. He'll probably walk buy a Parka next.

just burn liverpool as a city that it would do
one less shitehole in the country
no need to invovle the players:p

And the players, some of them England regulars, even sang about how winker Ronaldo made our national side look "s***" at last summer's World Cup.

i think thats a good thing tbh. how they can just put things like that behind them and get on with it. people tend to take the piss when they dont win anyway, its a way of dealing with it.

they're just having a laugh...

Originally Posted by johnny_S

just burn liverpool as a city that it would do
one less shitehole in the country
no need to invovle the players:p

Are you talking about the Capital of Culture?

Originally Posted by FourOneFourOne

Are you talking about the Capital of Culture?

Haha were I live (Wolverhampton) has a good reputation aswell...

Originally Posted by FourOneFourOne

Are you talking about the Capital of Culture?

yeah mate i am
glasgow was city of culture too once,
id let it burn too

Easier to get Capital of Culture in Scotland :p

im sure the last time i visted newcastle, maybe 4 years ago
it was capital of culture, so what does that say about it:p