Knocking over senior players, scoring hat-tricks and doing the ridiculous: Lee Carsley describes the experience of training with a 15-year-old Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney of Everton celebrates scoring during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park in Liverpool on October 19, 2002.

England under-21 manager Lee Carsley has paid tribute to a teenage Wayne Rooney, describing him as a world-class footballer at such a young age.

Carsley and Rooney both came up through the Everton academy together, with Rooney taking the Premier League by storm as an 18-year-old with a stunning first goal against Arsenal. The forward would go on to become England's all-time record scorer – before that record was broken by Harry Kane – and would score 208 Premier League goals.