Fergie: Roo rumours just a by-product of living in Wayne’s world

ALEX FERGUSON saw Wayne Rooney help Manchester United into the fourth round of the FA Cup and insisted reports of a rift between manager and star player are greatly exaggerated.

Reports over the weekend suggested Rooney’s much-publicised punishment over Christmas, in which he was dropped for the New Year’s Eve defeat to Blackburn after breaking a club curfew, had led to a crisis between Ferguson and the England centre-forward.

There had even been suggestions Ferguson was ready to sell Rooney, possibly as early as this January transfer window although after his two goals in the thrilling 3-2 victory, both moved quickly to quash such suggestions.