Moyes adamant Rooney is injured

DAVID MOYES has hit back in the Wayne Rooney injury row, claiming Everton have the scans to prove the player should miss England’s trip to South Africa.

The 17-year-old was sent to a private Merseyside clinic yesterday for a full examination of the knee injury he sustained in the final game of the season against Manchester United.

And Everton claims those scans show Rooney has a “grade one medial ligament injury”, which normally requires a rest of up to three weeks.

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