Soc: FA denies Ferguson-Eriksson rift

AAP Sports News (Australia), May, 2006

AAP Sports News (Australia) 05-03-2006 Soc: FA denies Ferguson-Eriksson rift LONDON, May 2 AFP - The Football Association today dismissed reports of a rift between Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson over Wayne Rooney's injury. An angry Ferguson, smarting after United could only manage a scoreless draw at home to Middlesbrough on Monday, said Rooney would not be travelling to the World Cup if he was not fully recovered from a broken foot. A day earlier Eriksson had claimed he would take Rooney to Germany for the June 9-July 9 showpiece even if he would only be ready to play from the quarter-finals onwards. But Ferguson said United would have the final say on Rooney's participation, a statement that led some...

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