Wayne just one of the boys, claims Alex

MANCHESTER UNITED wonder-boy Wayne Rooney will not receive any special treatment from Alex Ferguson despite his sensational start to life at Old Trafford.

Ferguson has handled scores of promising young players down the years, right back to his time at Aberdeen and his methods often provide the template other managers try to copy.

And while even Ferguson would struggle to recollect a teenager who generated as many headlines as Rooney has with his exploits for England and United over the last four months, the Scot will not be changing his philosophy.