Wayne Rooney out for dual to 4 weeks with sprained ankle – reports Football

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An primary diagnosis has referred to that Wayne Rooney will be out for up to a month with the sprained ankle he postulated during Manchester United"s 2-1 better to Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final tie yesterday, Sky Sports News have reported.

The striker had to be carried off the representation moments before to full-time after an random incident with the Bayern striker Mario Gómez. He left the Allianz Arena on crutches with his harmed right feet in a protecting foot before to carrying a sanatorium indicate behind in Manchester.

The England manager Fabio Capello intends to listen to from Rooney on the standing of his damage by tomorrow at the latest.

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There were fears that Rooney might have suffered a detonate of his ligaments, an damage that could have sidelined him for months and presumably put his appearance in this summer"s World Cup in jeopardy. However, it appears that the damage might not be as well serious, nonetheless he will roughly positively miss United"s consequential compare with Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday and the lapse with Bayern, at the same ground, subsequent Wednesday.

United have themselves refused to put a timescale on how prolonged Rooney will be out of movement as he has nonetheless to bear his scan. That is approaching to take place in the subsequent day or so with an central proclamation scheduled to be done by Sir Alex Ferguson at his weekly press discussion on Friday.

Edwin outpost der Sar, whose man-of-the-match arrangement ensured United do still have goal of reaching the semi-finals after a bad performance, insists they can cope but Rooney. "Against Bolton we additionally played with a little alternative players," he said.

"It can occur in the season. You regularly wish your most appropriate players accessible but we know the players entrance in can additionally do a great job."