Butt out Blatter, warns Fergie

ALEX FERGUSON has told FIFA president Sepp Blatter to stop poking his nose into Manchester United’s business and concentrate on the big issues facing the game.

Blatter’s claim that Ferguson and England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson need to rein in temperamental teenager Wayne Rooney has irritated Old Trafford officials, who feel they are perfectly capable of handling the young striker’s development.

At a time when Rooney is having to cope with the demands of being the most talked about player in the game, Blatter’s forceful intervention has not been viewed as being particularly helpful to the player or the people trying to guide him.