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da prosport bet: Wayne Rooney is carrying a minor injury and will not be risked in England’s international friendly against Norway next Saturday, Roy Hodgson has confirmed.
The Manchester United man is part of the Three Lions squad for Euro 2012, but is suspended for the first two games of the tournament against France and Sweden.
Hodgson has confirmed that Rooney will sit out the match against the Scandinavians, but may well play against Belgium in the final warm-up fixture against Belgium on June 2nd.
“Wayne has been playing with a minor injury for the last three or four games which needed a couple of weeks to clear up,” the England boss told reporters, published by Sky Sports.
“He won’t be involved in the Norway game and I don’t know whether I will select him for Belgium at this stage.
“I offered him a couple more days’ rest but he was adamant he wanted to be part of it when we meet up for the Belgium game.
“The fitness side doesn’t bother me. If he needs a bit of topping up we will do that. But his enthusiasm for the task was fantastic,” he concluded.
By Gareth McKnight
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