The tactician is willing to risk the striker in the dead rubber tie against the Romanian giants, claiming that it was integral in maintaining his scoring spree.
With Manchester United facing their noisy neighbours in the upcoming derby on Sunday, many expected Sir Alex Ferguson to make wholesome changes to his starting line-up for the UEFA Champions League game against Cluj.
Progression to the latter stages of the competition has already been secured for the 19-time English champions and hence the result will not matter at the end of the day.
However, Fergie has shocked United fans and the media alike by reiterating that star striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 will be given a berth tonight despite the big game on the weekend.
With a risk of injury on the line, it could be a major gamble for the Scot, who would be taking a huge gamble with his best player,
While Rooney hasn’t found the back of the net too often this term, he has been influential in dictating play from the rest of the field. However, Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 is of the opinion that the forward needs consistent game time to keep up his good form; otherwise it
would take him three or four games to get back to his best.
“It has always been the case with Wayne. He needs to be playing a lot of games to get his match fitness. He is a strongly built lad and when he misses two games it takes him three games to come back. It’s just the way he’s always been. He’s now had two games
with us and he’ll play against Cluj and hopefully that will bring him on.”
Continuing, the former Aberdeen boss added that Rooney had showcased his best display against Reading with a well-taken brace and that currently United had its major strength in attacking areas, which had rescued from the jaws of defeat on more than one
occasion this term.
“Saturday, without question, was his best performance for us this season. Our attacking possibilities are terrific this season. That’s our strength and it has rescued us all season,” Fergie was quoted as saying by the media.
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