Rooney axed over Boxing Day night out: Ferguson fury as United star enjoys dinner with Coleen
By Nick Harris
Last updated at 9:48 PM on 31st December 2011
Wayne Rooney was sensationally axed from Manchester United’s squad for the Premier League match against Blackburn after a bust-up with manager Sir Alex Ferguson that throws the controversial striker’s Old Trafford future into doubt.
United crashed to a 3-2 home defeat by a team who had started the day bottom of the Premier League table after Rooney, 26, was dropped for what appears to have been the most innocuous of reasons — going out for a Boxing Day evening meal with his wife, Coleen.
Rooney’s team-mates, Jonny Evans and Darron Gibson, joined them, along with their respective partners, and the party of six dined in Manchester and celebrated United’s 5-0 win over Wigan earlier that day.
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It is understood that Rooney, Evans and Gibson were overheard discussing the evening during training on Tuesday morning, saying what an enjoyable time they had had. Word of the night out reached Ferguson, who was 70 on Saturday, and the manager hauled Rooney into his office to voice his displeasure.
United, like all clubs, have strict rules about players’ behaviour and there appears to have been a massive gulf in perception over Monday night’s activities.
The trio of players were ordered to do extra training on Wednesday — their day off. Rooney was then told on Friday night that he would be dropped for the Rovers fixture. He has also been hit with a six- figure fine, which has left him bemused and furious at what he sees as a huge injustice.
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