March
09

Rooney Returns For Milan Tie

Filed under: Fantasy Football Team Selection, Injury News, Team News - Posted by: Mark

Wayne Rooney is back in the United squad for their Champions League tie with AC Milan on Wednesday. Rooney missed Saturday’s trip to Wolves with a knee problem, aggravated by two matches in a week on the Wembley surface. He was however back in training this morning.

He will now return to the starting eleven for tomorrow night’s tie and crucially for Fantasy Managers, be in the reckoning for the home game with Fulham this weekend. Barring further problems with the knee after Wednesday’s tie, it’s hard to imagine Ferguson going into a potential tough encounter with a confident Fulham side without Rooney leading the attack…

With Cesc Fabregas a possible absentee this weekend, Rooney will therefore add his name to the hat for the Fantasy Premier League captaincy. Right now it seems, Villa’s James Milner, with his double fixture this gameweek, is the crowd favourite. Milner is currently dominating our Captain Poll with Didier Drogba trailing in second. It will be interesting to see if Rooney makes up ground following this latest report on his fitness.

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