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SPORT NEWS: Rooney Injury: 'Star Out For Up To A Month' Wednesday March 31, 2010/nRooney Injury: 'Star Out For Up To A Month' Sky sources say that Wayne Rooney is expected to be out for between two and four weeks, after injuring his ankle in last night's Champion's League tie. Breaking News/n1:27pm UK, Wednesday March 31, 2010 Rooney Injury: 'Star Out For Up To A Month'/n * Share * * o Share * Comments (11)/nSteve Davies, Sky News Online Sky sources say that Wayne Rooney is expected to be out for between two and four weeks, after injuring his ankle in last night's Champion's League tie./nThe striker was helped off the pitch at the end of the quarter-final tie in Germany after collapsing with an injury to his right ankle./nRooney will go for a scan later this week to discover the extent of the damage./nWith the World Cup just over two months away, England head coach Fabio Capello would have been hoping his star player is not too badly hurt./nRooney left the stadium on crutches wearing a protective boot, but United boss Sir Alex Ferguson did not give much away when asked about the injury./nSpeaking immediately after the match, Sir Alex said: "He's obviously hurt his ankle. It is too early to say. I don't think it's terribly serious, but we'll wait and see."/nHe did confirm, however, the player will miss Saturday's crunch Premier League match with Chelsea, and is a major doubt for the return leg against Bayern next week. Breaking News/n1:27pm UK, Wednesday March 31, 2010 Rooney Injury: 'Star Out For Up To A Month'/n * Share * * o Share * Comments (11)/nSteve Davies, Sky News Online Sky sources say that Wayne Rooney is expected to be out for between two and four weeks, after injuring his ankle in last night's Champion's League tie./nThe striker was helped off the pitch at the end of the quarter-final tie in Germany after collapsing with an injury to his right ankle./nRooney will go for a scan later this week to discover the extent of the damage./nWith the World Cup just over two months away, England head coach Fabio Capello would have been hoping his star player is not too badly hurt./nRooney left the stadium on crutches wearing a protective boot, but United boss Sir Alex Ferguson did not give much away when asked about the injury./nSpeaking immediately after the match, Sir Alex said: "He's obviously hurt his ankle. It is too early to say. I don't think it's terribly serious, but we'll wait and see."/nHe did confirm, however, the player will miss Saturday's crunch Premier League match with Chelsea, and is a major doubt for the return leg against Bayern next week./nRooney lies injured on the pitch at the Allianz Arena in Munich/nSir Alex Ferguson said the injury to Rooney did not look 'terribly serious'/nThe injury to Rooney capped off an evening to forget for his side after Bayern Munich snatched a 2-1 win, thanks to a last minute goal from Ivica Olic./nEngland have fitness doubts about a number of their squad ahead of South Africa, with midfielder David Beckham already ruled out and left back Ashley Cole yet to return from a broken ankle./nIt will not be the first agonising wait England fans have had over Rooney's fitness, after he broke a bone in his foot just before the 2006 World Cup./nThe 24 year old eventually went to the tournament only to be sent off against Portugal as England went out on penalties./nRooney has not had the best of luck in international competitions. Two years earlier he went off injured in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004.

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