Euro 2012 qual. - Rooney expected to travel

Sun, 05 Sep 08:28:00 2010

Wayne Rooney is expected to play in England's Euro 2012 qualifier in Switzerland despite damaging newspaper allegations about his private life.

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The News and the World and Sunday Mirror both carry front-page exclusives which, the BBC reported, could lead to the striker not travelling to Basle.

However the Press Association said an FA source expected all England's players on the plane.

Manchester United star Rooney was instrumental in England's 4-0 opening Group B victory over Bulgaria.

He had a hand in all three of strike partner Jermain Defoe's goals plus substitute Adam Johnson's strike, despite not finding the net himself.

He has not scored in his last 11 games for his country but ended a five-month goal drought - which took in the World Cup - in United's 3-0 Premier League win against West Ham last week.

If Rooney does not start, either Carlton Cole and Darren Bent could come in as Peter Crouch and Bobby Zamora are both unavailable through injury.

Theo Walcott, who started on the right wing against Bulgaria, is another option for Fabio Capello up front.

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  1. wayne rooney must have his brain in his pants the same­ as peter crouch why do they have to cheat on there­ girlfriends whatever you think of them they dont­ deserve to be humiliated like that it hurts to be­ cheated on and it makes you feel worthless so spare a­ thought for the the real victims in all this its not­ the prostitutes or the footballers its colleen and all­ the other women that have had to put up with a cheating­ scumbag

    From chippy, on Tue 7 Sep 5:39AM

  2. hope hes proud of himself,poor coleen. take my advice­ give him the boot.

    From frankie.souter, on Tue 7 Sep 5:11AM

  3. The English are indeed funny. They create and idolize­ prostitutes and when these prostitutes overwhelm them­ they find solace in mocking the victims.

    You need to­ clean up your society. Prostitutes are prostitutes and­ they will go all the way in denting the lives of­ innocents. I totally agree with super blue at 591

    From arnold, on Mon 6 Sep 6:20PM

  4. Its about time you lot had something better to­ do.....Leave Rooney alone we need him is is one of the­ best entertainers on the field...in fact all the guys­ you all discredit are fantastic, exciting, guys. Get­ back to work you lot.....

    From charlies dolly, on Mon 6 Sep 6:03PM

  5. No matter which team one supprts domestically, its high­ time these scum rag papers were put in their place, by­ people not purchasing them. They seem to want to harm­ the country`s interests all the while, and haven`t­ learned the lesson handed out to the sun by Liverpool­ fans after there coverage of the Hillsboro . News of­ the World BEWARE !!!

    andy j

    From ANDREW, on Mon 6 Sep 5:47PM

  6. Well, if such things do not happen , the media will be­ boring all the way.

    From briank, on Mon 6 Sep 4:51PM

  7. How will Capello react? he sure dealt Terry a smack but­ I guess Rooney will get different treatment as he is a­ UTD player

    From Sadoldgit, on Mon 6 Sep 4:26PM

  8. The only way Rooney scors is when things are fixed

    From Sadoldgit, on Mon 6 Sep 4:23PM

  9. how very dare you all say such horrid things abt my­ wayne..he's a kind generous man and very good at­ what he does..i'd take you all to court for such­ profain words..just give me 10 minutes whilst he­ finishes pumpin my ugly @#$% @#$% as i read abt jt and­ co, then get my 50p off him and i'll be right­ back..and he's the father to my puppies

    From dezbo, on Mon 6 Sep 4:13PM

  10. lets be honest the press have just about recked every­ sport and created trouble and casualties for our troups­ in every war zone just because they can ins'nt that­ clever
    dick heads

    From CLIFF, on Mon 6 Sep 4:00PM

  11. In true celebrity fashion Rooney has hired that­ ar$eh0le Max Clifford who claimes "MU fans­ don't care if Wayne is a mass mudererer as long as­ he scores goals".
    So there we have it, Hitler,­ Stalin, Saddam, just keep scoring those goals in the­ red jersey you'll be fine.

    From RT, on Mon 6 Sep 3:48PM

  12. I am not surprised and will not be if all the england­ team had a shag with atleast one hooker. The Only thing­ that matters will be his wife giving him another­ chance.

    From justin, on Mon 6 Sep 3:46PM

  13. Comment 550, You are the most foolish animal i have­ come across on this site.How can you say that the woman­ whom Rooney had an affair with is not someone's­ woman? Is she not in a relationship with somebody even­ if the person is not Rooney's team mate? Immorality­ is immorality nomatter the people involved.Don't­ try to justify evil.

    From aghadiunoa, on Mon 6 Sep 3:43PM

  14. This is the most convincing explanation so far for why­ the Wayne Rooney we saw in South Africa was so far­ removed from the player who we expected all his fault..

    From Paul, on Mon 6 Sep 3:37PM

  15. he young rich and made a mistake, he will have enough­ grief of his wife and family. your comments will come­ very low down the pecking order.

    From A, on Mon 6 Sep 3:36PM

  16. Coleen was with rooney BEFORE he made it as a­ footballer richard NO 546 so accusing her of only being­ attracted to rooney the multi~millionaire is a nasty­ & untrue thing to say about her.

    From truecityblue, on Mon 6 Sep 3:35PM

  17. Coleen was with rooney BEFORE he made it as a­ footballer richard NO 546 so accusing her of only being­ attracted to rooney the multi~millionaire is a nasty­ & untrue thing to say about her.

    From truecityblue, on Mon 6 Sep 3:35PM

  18. Manu fans trying to make out rooney is the innocent­ party in all this & journalists should leave him­ alone & not write what he's been up to in the­ papers & respect his private life YOU BUNCH OF­ T'W'A'T'S THAT'S WHAT REPORTERS DO­ THAT'S THEIR JOB & they write alot of good­ things about people so it goes both ways when a person­ has done something wrong they are entitled to tell the­ public about it & the public want to know about it­ so rooney only has himself to blame for getting caught­ he should have wore a rubber gimp mask to the­ brothels to hide his identity.

    From truecityblue, on Mon 6 Sep 3:16PM

  19. Manu fans trying to make out rooney is the innocent­ party in all this & journalists should leave him­ alone & not write what he's been up to in the­ papers & respect his private life YOU BUNCH OF­ T'W'A'T'S THAT'S WHAT REPORTERS DO­ THAT'S THEIR JOB & they write alot of good­ things about people so it goes both ways when a person­ has done something wrong they are entitled to tell the­ public about it & the public want to know about it­ so rooney only has himself to blame for getting caught­ he should have wore a rubber gimp mask to the­ brothels to hide his identity.

    From truecityblue, on Mon 6 Sep 3:15PM

  20. I would not even call Wayne rooney a man , he is a­ disgrace to men. How on earth can a man go around­ banging prozzies while his wife is in bed carrying­ their baby? Then he comes back and sleeps with her ? He­ could have passed anything on to her! What do they­ teach players at man utd? I'm thoroughly distgusted­ in him thats worse than what John Terry done

    From 20p head, on Mon 6 Sep 3:11PM
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