'I wouldn't feel comfortable': Wayne Rooney says Man United don't deserve City's titles

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] are reported to have been found guilty of the vast majority of 115 financial misconduct charges brought against them by the Premier League.[/p][p]They have strenuously denied the charges and City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak on Saturday said he is still confident of proving the club's innocence.[/p][p]City are expected to appeal against their eventual punishment, which is yet to be announced and could include a points deduction, expulsion from the Premier League or a huge fine.[/p][p]There have also been calls for City to be stripped of their eight Premier League titles won since 2008.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rooney-wayne/WfXv1DCa/"]Rooney[/a]'s former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a] teammates [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ferdinand-rio/Yymt9y5J/"]Rio Ferdinand[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-gea-david/d6AEQ6OD/"]David de Gea[/a] have said their old club should be awarded retrospective title wins.[/p][p]Rooney, a five-time title winner, was a member of the United side that finished as runners-up in 2012 after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aguero-sergio/KQybM6Bb/"]Sergio Aguero[/a]'s dramatic late winner for City against QPR on the final day of the season.[/p][p]But the ex-England striker does not believe United or any other team should be willing to accept medals after ending in second place.[/p][embed guid="b885c0d4-3509-400f-a5d6-4ba1eeeb2835" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=i9grBdrfyfcJJchJ&v=Es8Q1u3O8H0&feature=youtu.be" social-type="youtube" /][p][b]"I wouldn't feel comfortable about accepting another Premier League medal if I'm being honest, because I don't think we deserve it. We didn't do enough that season to win the league,"[/b] Rooney told the "Stick to United" podcast on Tuesday.[/p][p][b]"I'm thinking as their players, they're there doing everything they can to win the Premier League title and in their minds they've done it."[/b][/p][p]Rooney admitted he would be heartbroken if any of United's medals were ever taken away from him for something over which he had no control.[/p][p][b]"If that happened to me, if all of a sudden Manchester United had been doing the same and my Premier League medal had been taken away, I would be absolutely devastated,"[/b] the 40-year-old said.[/p][p][b]"It might happen, they might take them away, but I wouldn't want it because I don't think as a team we deserved it that year because obviously we didn't finish first.[/b][/p][p][b]"So when I see ex-team-mates and other people saying 'I want a medal'. I'm happy with the five I've won. I wouldn't want this one, just 15 years later you get a medal because City cheated.[/b][/p][p][b]"Should they get it stripped for what the owners have done? Yeah, maybe, but I wouldn't feel comfortable accepting it."[/b][/p]