Rooney shocker adds twist to Utd-City game

Wayne Rooney is on a collision course with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, if media reports are to be believed.

The Daily Mail revealed that Rooney wants to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games next year (https://bit.ly/qfPa6A).

This comes a day after Ferguson (and Arsene Wenger) said playing for Euro 2012 and the Olympics would be too much for players.

Rooney, 25, is eligible for selection as one of three ‘over-age’ players because he was born before January 1 1989.

This is particularly relevant to Rooney because the striker is currently facing a three-match suspension that would rule him out of all of England’s group games in Poland and the Ukraine.

Worse still the report comes before United’s crunch game with Manchester City tomorrow.

With the stakes and temperature higher than ever before between the two Manchester clubs, Sir Alex would be fuming for the unnecessary tension this could bring into the Red Devils’ dressing room.

Keeping Rooney on the bench is unthinkable, but united will want all their players focused on only one thing – beating City.

An Olympic-sized feat, given City’s form and million-dollar bench.

 

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