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Wayne Rooney misses Manchester United training as pregnant wife Coleen is admitted to hospital
Wayne Rooney was excused from Manchester United training this morning to be with his pregnant wife Coleen.The birth is nine days overdue and United confirmed that she had been taken to hospital ahead of the expected delivery of the couple's first child.Rooney is likely to be excused from duty against CSKA Moscow at OldTrafford tomorrow, given Manchester United have a 100 per cent record from their opening three matches in Group B and require just one more win to qualify for the knockout phase. Enlarge Who's the daddy: Wayne Rooney (right) collects the ball ahead of Keith Andrews during United's 2-0 win over BlackburnEnlarge Mum to be: Pregnant Coleen out in Manchester last month He's Scot to start: Darren Fletcher (left) will play against CSKA Moscow after training alongside Michael OwenUnited boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: 'It depends on the situation with his wife. She is pregnant and in hospital at the moment so we just have to wait on thatone.'Rooney was not the only big name missing this morning, suggesting the Red Devils will be nowhere near full strength against the Russians.United will definitely be without Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, who missed Saturday's victory over Blackburn with ankle problems, while Ryan Giggs and Ji-sung Park have also been excluded.Striker Dimitar Berbatov was also missing from training and is a doubt.Park was able to train after a recent absence with fluid on his knee and may be in contentions to face Chelsea looming at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.Darren Fletcher has recovered from a foot injury and is in line to start against CSKA.Ferguson said: 'Darren was a substitute on Saturday and will play on Tuesday.'Ithink most people recognise Fletcher as a big game player. We've beenaware of that for quite a while. Now there's an acceptance among mostpeople that he's a very important player for us.'He has been missed in some key games recently so it will be good to have him back.'As for the problems at centre half, Ferguson put faith in his stand-ins. 'A lot has been made about Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic being out, butwhen you have the backup of Jonny Evans and Wes Brown, it can't bebad,' said the Scot.'If you take Ferdinand and Vidic out then therearen't many partnerships in the Premier League better than Brown andEvans.'Team (from): Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Rafael, O'Shea, Neville, DeLaet, Brown, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Valencia, Gibson, Scholes,Anderson, Fletcher, Carrick, Obertan, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Macheda. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson calls for consistency as champions head for ChelseaFighting Beck: England star salutes Galaxy's first leg play-off comebackFoster's prospects hit by rumours of renewed United bid for Schalke's NeuerMANCHESTER UNITED FC