DANNY SIMPSON has teased a 3v3 boxing fight with Wayne Rooney and Phil Bardsley after reuniting at Old Trafford.
Simpson – who won the Premier League title in 2016 with Leicester – crossed over to boxing after retiring from football.
@dannysimpsonWayne Rooney with Danny Simpson and Phil Bardsley[/caption]
In his debut bout, he drew with YouTuber Danny Aarons over four rounds in a Misfits Boxing main event in Dublin.
But Simpson was back on the pitch a week later for a charity game between ex-Manchester United and Celtic stars.
He played alongside Rooney as well as Bardsley and laid down the gauntlet for a group boxing match.
Posing with the pair, Simpson wrote: “Getting some boxing tips off these 2 legends before our game @manchesterunitedfoundation. 3 vs 3 who wants it lol???”
Simpson – who came up the United ranks during Rooney’s Old Trafford prime – lined up with the ex-England captain against ex-Celtic stars.
Rooney, 38, scored a wonder free-kick only for the game to end 1-1 with Celtic winning the deciding penalty shootout.
The United legend was also in shock talks to fight in a Misfits fight but instead focused on management after taking the Plymouth job.
He used to box as a youngster and was infamously knocked out by Bardsley in a drunken kitchen spar – which he later mocked himself in a celebration.
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Misfits – co-founded by YouTuber-turned-boxer KSI and his manager Mams Taylor – welcomes celebrity-style crossover bouts.
And Simpson was the first former footballer to make the move – but he revealed others at tempted to do the same.
He said: “I’m not going to say the names now, I’ve had a few people messaging me last few days. Hopefully they’ll be more now after seeing that.
“I had a lot of lads from Leicester in the WhatsApp group so hopefully everyone’s seen it and hopefully they fancy it and they can all come along.”
Danny Aarons and Simpson drewSportsfile
Rooney was once knocked out in a drunken spar with Phil Bardsley
Rooney mocked his KO in an infamous celebrationMark Robinson – The Sun