Oct
10
Rooney nominated for world player of the year
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Wayne Rooney along with John Terry, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard are all up for world player of the year award. The list of 30 players from around the world will be voted on by national team captains and coaches.
The the top three players will be revealed at Fifa’s world player gala in Zurich on December 17th. Kaka has been in exceptional form over the last year and is the current front-runner.
Oct
6
Goal + assist from Rooney as Utd win 4-0
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Utd went in at half time dead-locked at 0-0, but made up for their poor first half performance with 4 goals against Wigan. The first from Carlos Tevez, then a double from Cristiano Ronaldo and finally Wayne Rooney. The win took the champions to the top of the table for the first this season.
Oct
4
Rooney appears in the new Fifa 2008 ad with Sergio Ramos.
Oct
3
Rooney 1:0 Roma
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A classic Rooney goal gave Man Utd the win at old Trafford in this Champions league qualifier.
Last April brings back memories of the 7-1 drubbing handed out to Roma in last season’s quarter-final, but this match saw a lot less goals. Chances were at a premium with Cristiano Ronaldo and Francesco Totti restricted to long-range efforts.
None the less, Rooney scored his first goal of the season with a poweful early shot on the turn across the goal. It clipped the far left post and went in.
Oct
1
Dr Ulrike Muschaweck who operated on Michael Owen in Munich last week believes the Newcastle striker may recover in time to feature in England’s Euro 2008 qualifying matches later this month. Dr Muschaweck is renowned for procedures that allow her patients to recover faster than normal.
Owen remains cautious though. He said: “Medical advice will decide how quickly I’ll be back but I’d rather remain cautious than set unrealistic targets. I don’t want to tempt fate.
“In the back of my mind, before I had the surgery, I had focused on Newcastle’s 22 October Premier League game against Tottenham - the first after the international break - for a possible return.
