Rooney has been ruled out of England’s crucial World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine, and as Roy Hodgson’s injury crisis deepened with Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge also set to miss Friday’s Moldova clash, Walcott said: ‘I have seen a picture and it is a very, very big gash. It’s not nice to see. It’s like something out of a horror film.’
Manchester United’s Rooney suffered the three-inch cut in a training ground collision with team-mate Phil Jones on Saturday.