Wayne Rooney is firmly in Twitter folklore after he forgot that he had Rio Ferdinand’s number and decided to tweet out – not directly to Rio – but to his followers hoping that Rio would see it.

People laugh and mock Wayne Rooney for this tweet, but all he was trying to do was give his mate a lift to work.

Why didn’t Rooney tweet Rio directly? Why didn’t he direct message him? Why didn’t he text him? What a strange affair.

Hi wayne do u want more viral tweets in the morning pal