According to The Sun, Carroll claims in his new book that Rooney smoked, drank beer, and invited teammates to parties in his room during England training camps; Rooney has denied the allegations.

Former Newcastle United and Liverpool striker Carroll recounted several incidents from his England career in an exclusive excerpt from his autobiography "Owning It." He describes Rooney as "one of the nicest lads," with a "normal" personality and someone who is "very, very funny."

Carroll was first called up to England in 2010, when the team was managed by Fabio Capello. He wrote that Rooney would invite him to his room at 2 p.m. When he arrived, Carroll found Rooney lying on the bed watching TV, smoking cigarettes and occasionally chewing tobacco, while drinking a bottle of beer.

Carroll claims that Rooney's room was stocked with cigarettes, beer, and wine, with hotel staff bringing drinks to the room, and soon after many players would gather there. He says nobody got drunk; it was just Rooney's way of breaking up the monotony of training camp with a few drinks.

According to Carroll's book, these gatherings took place around 2010 and 2011, during Capello's tenure as England manager. Carroll also recounts a prank that Rooney played on England's physio Rod Thornley in front of him and Gerrard.

Carroll wrote that after he told Rooney about the "three-man lift" prank, Rooney became excited and suggested they find Rod Thornley. Carroll claims that Rooney then sat on Thornley, who was lying on a treatment table in the physio room, and Thornley screamed continuously while he and Gerrard laughed until they cried.

Rooney responded: "I don't usually comment on lies written about me, but this time I will. Andy knows that he and I were never really close. I happened to bump into him once during a break, and that was it. As for the story about me drinking alcohol while with England, that's completely made up. I don't know where this claim is coming from, and it's very disappointing."

Carroll made his England debut in a friendly loss to France (1-2) in November 2010. Carroll earned 9 caps for England and was in the national team squad with Rooney on 11 occasions. Rooney later became England captain and is now a television pundit.

In the book, Carroll also reveals that England's so-called "Golden Generation" was hindered by a North-South divide. Players such as Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Joe Cole, John Terry, Ashley Cole, and Carragher were all in the squad at that time, but England consistently failed to win major tournaments.

Carroll recalls that players from northern clubs and southern clubs would sit on opposite sides of the room, with some not speaking to each other and unwilling to pass to each other during training. He says he gradually integrated with the players from northern clubs.

Carroll also recounts details from the Capello era. He claims that he and Ashley Young arrived to a meeting 15 minutes early, but Capello scolded him for looking at his phone before the meeting and threw the phone at his chest. Capello allowed players one glass of wine and dessert at lunch and dinner but banned them from eating ketchup.

After missing the 2010 World Cup, Carroll was included in England's Euro 2012 squad and scored in a 3-2 group stage victory over Sweden. England was ultimately eliminated in the quarter-finals by Italy on penalties. Carroll claims that he and Walcott were on the pitch at that time, but Gary Neville chose Ashley Young and Ashley Cole to take penalties, and both ultimately missed, while Italy won with Pirlo's Panenka penalty.

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