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Chelsea chairman Buck backing salary cap idea

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The issue of wage increases has been brought into the spotlight once again by the news that Wayne Rooney has signed a vastly-improved contract at Manchester United, having agitated for a move away from Old Trafford.

It was Chelsea who famously stimulated the market following Roman Abramovich’s arrival in 2003, a role now undertaken by Manchester City, but the Blues are attempting to balance the books at Stamford Bridge and cut a number of players from the wage bill this summer.

With UEFA implementing Financial Fair Play rules from the 2013-14 season, Buck says Chelsea would support a salary cap, but only if it was enforceable the world over.

“We would seriously consider a wage cap. It has to be properly implemented,” Buck told the Sunday Times. “I’m not even sure that Europe-wide is enough. Look what happened with cricket and the IPL (Indian Premier League): the best players are going to go where theycan make the most money.

“We have many of the best players in England and we do not want to see them go elsewhere.”

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Rooney pleads for more games

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Wayne Rooney will not feature in Manchester United’s game at Sunderland on Saturday, with Ferguson stating on radio station Key103: ”Wayne trained yesterday and he wants to play tomorrow. But I have to take the view that this injury has been niggling away for a while and he kept on playing.

”The problem with the lad is that he is too willing to play with injuries. It is a great trait to have in any footballer. I have had many players over the years who might have had injuries but weren’t prepared to miss a game because of them. But with the speed and number of games you have these days, fitness levels are really important.”

However, there appears to be a difference in opinion between Rooney and his manager, with the England striker insisting the only way he will fight his way back into form is by playing football. Rooney is said to be missing the weekend’s game at the Stadium of Light due to injury but, with speculation suggesting that the real reason for his absence may be personal, the striker insists he needs his manager to keep the faith.

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Rooney and co must accept price of fame

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Wayne Rooney has hit the headlines in recent weeks because of allegations about his private life, and his United form has appeared to suffer, with the striker managing to find the net just once in five games this season, having netted 33 in all competitions in 2009-10.

And having watched Rooney fail to score again in United’s 2-2 draw at Bolton on Sunday, ESPN analyst Kevin Keegan, who enjoyed a distinguished playing career with Liverpool and Hamburg, said that players should be able to deal with media interest in their private lives.

“You can’t have all the contracts, you can’t sell your wedding to magazines and things like this and suddenly say, ‘That’s the tap I want to turn on, but we want to turn the other one off’,” Keegan said on ESPN.

“But it’s just one tap and I know from when I played that, if you are advertising boots and all these things, you have to go and make appearances. You are going to appear in the paper.

“But the one thing I would say is keep your home and your family out of it and just take your endorsements if that’s what you want to do.

“You can’t then turn around and say there’s too much paparazzi around or there is too much publicity. One minute you are courting it, the next minute you’re saying ‘I don’t want this.’

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Phelan: United inherited ”dishevelled” Rooney

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Wayne Rooney ended the longest barren streak of his career when he drove home the penalty that put United on their way to a 3-0 win over West Ham at OldTrafford.

It was the first time he had found the net since March 30, 13 matches previously, a run that started with an ankle injury that many felt affected his performances in those four desperate games for England as they crashed out atthe first knock-out phase in South Africa.  And Phelan believes it tired the striker out.

”Wayne came back to us a little bit dishevelled from his England exploits,”Phelan told BBC Radio Manchester. ”But as long as you keep your head up and keep persevering, things like this will happen.

”Strikers can’t score every week, much as they would like to. Hopefully now hecan relax, enjoy his football and carry on from where he left off.”

Fabio Capello recently claimed it took Rooney 600 minutes to reach his optimumat the start of every season. The 24-year-old has still only reached half that tally and Phelan accepts there is still a bit of work to do before Rooney is back to his best.

”He is not 100% fit yet,” he confirmed. ”He is still short on certain aspects of his game but that will come. Now he has got a couple of games with his national team and that willpossibly help him.”

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World Cup 2010 Group C

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Continuing our look at teams for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, this week we look at Group B

England

Ranked 9 by FIFA
Winners in 1966
Manager: Fabio Capello
Key Player: Wayne Rooney
Every Englishmans hopes and dreams rest on the ‘Roonster’ being fit and in top form. We say it every World Cup, but surely this is the best chance we have ever had !
Footballbits Group prediction –  Winners

United States of America

Ranked 14 by FIFA
3rd in 1920, Quarter finalists in 2002
Manager: Bob Bradley
Key Player: Landon Donovan
LA Galaxy teammate of David Beckham, key to the US scoring
Footballbits Group prediction – 2nd

Algeria

Ranked 28 by FIFA
Round 1 in 1982 and 1986
Manager: Rabah Saadane
Key Player: Belhadj

Footballbits Group prediction – 4th

Slovenia

Ranked 33 by FIFA
1st round 2002
Manager: Matjaz Kek
Key Player: Samir Handonovic
Udinese keeper, doing well in Serie A
Footballbits Group prediction – 3rd

The games:
12th June, England v USA
13th June, Algeria v Slovenia
18th June, Slovenia v USA
18th June, England v Algeria
23rd June, Slovenia v England
23rd June, USA v Algeria

How we think it will finish

1st England
2nd USA
3rd Slovenia
4th Algeria

Next week, we will look at group D

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