By TRAVIS CLARK
Wayne Rooney is coming to America.
The Manchester United striker, in the midst of long recovery from an ankle injury and earning criticism for recent actions at the Premier League club, will head to the United States to continue his rehab from a nagging ankle injury.
He'll spend the week training and rehabbing at the Nike World Campus near Portland, Oregon to stay out of the public spotlight and rejoin Manchester United late next week. As a result, Rooney won't be available for the Manchester derby on Wednesday.
Here are a few other stories for Friday:
TEVEZ RETURNS TO MANCHESTER
Manchester City, currently riding a three-game losing streak in all competitions, received a boost with the news that Carlos Tevez has returned to England. The striker was recovering from a thigh injury in his native Argentina, and could be recalled for this weekend's match against West Brom — and will be in contention to face his old club Manchester United on Wednesday.
ASTON VILLA'S CAREW OUT A MONTH
Aston Villa's injury woes up front continued this week, with the news that Norwegian forward John Carew will miss a month. This puts further stress on Villa, who is already missing Emile Heskey thanks to a torn calf muscle, and with Gabriel Agbanlahor only recently returning to training. Villa travels to Craven Cottage to face Fulham this weekend.
BORDEAUX'S DIARRA SUSPENDED SIX GAMES
Bordeaux captain Alou Diarra was handed a six-game suspension by the French Football Association, after shoving a referee in Bordeaux's 1-0 win against Auxerre earlier this year. Diarra, who has already served three games of his suspension so far, will be available at the end of the month against Lille.
CHELSEA RECEIVES MIXED INJURY NEWS
With a trip to Anfield looming on Sunday, Chelsea will once again be missing midfielder Frank Lampard, though Frenchman Florent Malouda could make a surprise return for the Blues. Lampard, who has been sidelined with groin and hernia injuries, is close to making a return, while Malouda was expected to be unavailable after twisting his ankle.
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What do you think about Rooney heading to the USA? Think Tevez be fit for the Manchester derby? Can Aston Villa survive their striker decimation?
Share your thoughts below.
Scouse, not cockney.
You are so 2005. Once we drafted Brandon Roy that era ended.
The younger Rooney has trained with the Timbers, maybe him instead?
It must have been a big fight, because they suspended training for the rest of the day.
All I can say is “wow – is there a tape of that training session?”
Smoke and mirrors.
Wu Tang Gooch ain’t nothing to eff with!
Rooney’s cockney: Wutt shud eye du?
Wayne is in PDX to rate the strip clubs
Supposedly Onyewu grabbed Ibrahimovic by the throat after he was tackled.
If Ibra knows whats good for him, he should just let Gooch chock him out.
Off topic but topical: Milan practice canceled because of a fight between Onyewu and Ibrahimovich!
What should I do…?
no, no, no Rooney’s coming to Portland because he wants to build a massive cement wall around his house to keep paparazzi out and Portland, Oregon has the best cement in the world. Plus prostitutes with nice teeth.
Rooney on the Timbers. Good fit for a town that has the JailBlazers already.
Nah, he just wants to check out the best team in college football this year…
The Oregon Ducks. They’re even hearing about us in England.
I heard he was in Portland to buy the Timbers. Shouldn’t be too hard now that his new deal with Man U. is worth more than the Timbers franchise.
Rooney is going to visit Nike’s marketing department so he can work on his new Lebron James style commercial after he disappointments the Manchester United fans when he signs for the Timbers.
I live 20 minutes for the Nike World Center, I would love to drop by and meet him.
is = his
duh
Clearly that is why is brother came over earlier to do all the paper work. The deal is done. Rooney DP signing for Portland $25 Million a year. Obviously that is why is play has been off lately since he has been thinking about coming to Portland. The EPL and World Cup were just formalities he had trouble getting motivated for.
The timbers head coach and technical director are in south America for the week so it doesn’t appear that this is the case.
Rooney to timbers! JOKING
This is all just a ploy for Rooney to scope out some new digs in the rose city before he announces that he’s going to sign for the Portland Timbers…