Source: Manchester_EveningNews
Rooney picks up injury
MANCHESTER United forward Wayne Rooney has pulled out of England's World Cup qualifier with Belarus on Wednesday. The Reds star picked up a calf strain during the 1-0 defeat away to Ukraine. After having the injury assessed at England's training base in Hertfordshire, he has been released back to Old Trafford. The news is a shock because if anyone was expected to pull out, it had been Rooney's close friend and Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard. Whereas Gerrard only lasted until half-time at the Dnipro Arena on Saturday, Rooney got through the entire game, turning in a magnificent performance for an England side that was reduced to 10 men after 15 minutes following the dismissal of Robert Green. But whereas Gerrard has been given the all-clear to remain with the England camp for the final match of a successful Group Six campaign, even allowing for Saturday's result, Rooney must now undergo treatment in the hope of being fit for United's Premier League encounter with Bolton. How important is Rooney to United? Have your say.
