Reports emerging about the severity of Wayne Rooney's injury will be pleasing to English fans but horrifying for Manchester United fans. The initial reports say that Rooney has sprained an ankle and will be out for two to four weeks. The injury summed a pretty poor night for the league leaders as they fell to a late winner from Croatian international Ivica Ollic.One of the most impressive things about Man Utd this season has been their strength in depth when player have been out injured. Problems in the back four were well documented in the earlier parts of the season but they managed to pull together and recover. The one constant this season has been the form and availability of Rooney. With such a tight title race and the key game with Chelsea this weekend, the wheels could come off for United. Rooney has been such an important cog in his sides push that could suffer severely without its top marksman.
Of course it is not all doom and gloom on the Rooney front. Fabio Cappello must be delighted because not only will his key man be fit for this summer's world cup, but he will also have had some rest. This injury could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for England's world cup hopes as it will mean that Rooney is fresher than he would have been come the tournament.
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