Wayne Rooney has proposed Manchester United"s Champions League quarter-final, second leg opposite Bayern Munich at Old Trafford this evening.
Despite Sir Alex Ferguson, the United manager, claiming yesterday that he would not risk Rooney, the England striker has been upheld fit to begin as his side see to overturn a 2-1 deficit.
Ferguson pronounced on Friday that Rooney would be out for "two to three" weeks after pang teenager vinculum repairs to his right ankle in the initial leg in Germany but, carrying recovered far quicker than expected, United believed he was ready to play.
Rooney is accepted to have been disturbing Ferguson to fool around for multiform days and was told if he could infer his fitness in precision he would be considered for selection.
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Rooney"s significance to England is as good as it is to United and Capello will be fervent to safeguard the player"s fitness is not compromised prior to the World Cup finals in South Africa this summer.
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