Maybe he put the team first telling Rooney his shite tactics wouldn't work ?
Telling the boss he is wrong when he clealry was and getting dropped for it isn't putting the team first? If he refused to play I agree bur if Rooney just dropped him he put the team first.
So he might have said something to Rooney, but we don’t know, and Rooney might have reacted to that be dropping him, but we don’t know that either. Then he might have refused to play but we don’t know that either.
Do you think sometimes football fans get a bit over obsessive and interpretive of the minutiae at football clubs?