WAYNE ROONEY MAY BE MIXED UP BUT DON'T TAKE ON FERGIE

Wayne Rooney has been going through a torrid time on and especially off the field.Most of it self inflicted.Over the many years I interviewed Sir Alex Ferguson I learnt two important things about the long reigning Manchester United manager.One is that he will fiercely protect his players in public but if any of them ever challenge his authority as manager they have to go.....Jaap Stam,Ruud Vann Nistelrooy,David Beckham and Roy Keane are classic examples.Now we have Wayne Rooney contradicting his manager in public.Sir Alex has said Rooney has been suffering from an ankle injury. Rooney says that is not the case.The ankle he says has not been a problem.What is Rooney playing at whether the ankle has or has not been a problem? Rooney must forgive me for therefore thinking that he must one of these things:stupid,arrogant,or wanting a move.All that money and attention can turn young people's heads.I don't know what is inside Rooney's head if he wants to stay at Old Trafford.And please don't come up with that misquoted line in hindsight.Now we wait to see the gaffer's public re-action.