Rooney injury: fact or fiction

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The 17-year-old will undergo a scan this morning to assess the extent of the damage but manager David Moyes believes Rooney is also a doubt for the vital Euro 2004 qualifier with Slovakia.

The news has been greeted with suspicion by the FA, who have been embroiled in a row with Moyes over Rooney’s availability for the South African trip, coach Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting only yesterday the player should travel, and the matter could yet escalate into a full-scale row.