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Three weeks out for injured Rooney

ESPNsoccernet staff
October 22, 2010
Wayne Rooney picked up another knock to his ankle in training © Getty Images
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Wayne Rooney will be out for three weeks with an ankle injury, after he agreed a new deal to stay at Manchester United.

Rooney was carried out of training on Tuesday as the storm over his future raged. And Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Rooney will be out of action until the middle of next month.

''Wayne will be out for three weeks,'' he told radio station Key103.

Significantly, the timescale would see him ruled out of the first Manchester derby of the season on November 10, while Rooney will also miss the Champions League return against Bursaspor a week earlier, next week's Carling Cup tie with Wolves, plus Premier League games against Stoke on Sunday, Tottenham and Wolves again when they visit Old Trafford on November 6.

Rooney has already sat out matches against Valencia and Sunderland prior to the international break amid confusion over his injury.

It was Rooney's claim that he was not suffering from an ankle problem - which completely contradicted the words of his manager - following England's draw with Montenegro 10 days ago.

But after he made a brief appearance against West Brom on Saturday, a training ground tackle from Paul Scholes has put him on the sidelines.

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