A day that underlined the importance of Rooney

Gary Neville believes Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has the credentials to manage a club like Manchester United but has stepped back from tipping him to take over from Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford.

IT’S been an extraordinarily busy few days. A royal wedding, an assassination attempt on Gaddafi, the Emirates match, Osama being the only Bin taken out on a bank holiday… And spare a thought too for FC United, whose astonishing rampage towards promotion (having been all but bottom in January) was thwarted by a late goal in the play-off final at Colwyn Bay.