Source: SKY_Sports
Fergie - No word with Rooney
Sir Alex Ferguson has no concerns over Wayne Rooney's discipline ahead of Manchester United's crunch clash with Arsenal.
A booking for Rooney in the semi-final, second leg at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night would rule the striker out of the UEFA Champions League final should United complete the job.
Patrice Evra and Carlos Tevez are also a yellow card away from being forced to sit out the Rome showpiece on 27th May.
Rooney has had issues with his temperament in the past, but Ferguson has no plans to discuss the matter ahead of the tie, which United lead 1-0 from the first leg.
Mature
"I don't need to address it with Wayne," said Ferguson. "He knows the circumstances. I don't need to spell it out to him.
"He is a mature young man. He understands it perfectly well.
"He needs to be disciplined, but most of the time he is that way."
Indeed, Ferguson believes Italian referee Roberto Rosetti will handle the contest sympathetically, knowing one waft of his yellow card could condemn someone to suffer the kind of misery experienced by Roy Keane and Paul Scholes in 1999, when both were forced to watch from the stands as United overcame Bayern Munich in dramatic fashion.
"I have noticed a trend of the referees being very professional and tolerant in situations like this," said Ferguson.
"They know the seriousness of a player getting three bookings in the whole tournament and missing the final because of it.
"This guy is an Italian and is well up to handling the situation.
"Obviously if a player steps out of line there are definitely no excuses."
