Milner backing for Rooney

JAMES MILNER has assured Wayne Rooney he will be a welcome presence in the England team tomorrow night.

Despite speculation to the contrary, it seems Rooney will be in Fabio Capello’s starting line-up for the Euro 2012 qualifier with Switzerland in Basle.

Rooney has been the subject of intense scrutiny in his private life in two Sunday newspapers and there was a feeling he would ask to be allowed home in order to try and patch up his relationship with wife Coleen.