Sir Alex Ferguson insists there is no chance that Wayne
Rooney will be rushed back to fitness following his latest
injury.
Rooney has picked up a hamstring injury and is not due to return
to action until mid-February, which is likely to mean he misses
England’s friendly game against Spain in Seville on February
11.
And while Ferguson feels the forward is making good progress, he
is refusing to take any chances.
“Wayne has never had a hamstring injury before and there is no
way we will bring him back early,” he said in the Daily Star
Sunday.
“He’s doing terrific work in the gym and, in terms of his
rehabilitation, he is on the mend.
“But we said at the time he was injured that it would be three
or four weeks before he would be fit and there is no change
there.”
Ferguson also revealed that he believes Rooney has the same kind
of quality as Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo has won a host of awards recently including the Fifa
World Player of the Year and the Ballon d’Or, but Ferguson feels
Rooney could also win that kind of global recognition.
“You can put Wayne in the same bracket as Cristiano,” he
said.
“It is possible for him, too, to win these awards.”
