Champions League: Uefa to consider Wayne Rooney stamp charge on Monday
Uefa will decide on Monday whether to charge Wayne Rooney over his clash with Aalborg's Kasper Risgard at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Risgard claimed the Manchester United striker had deliberately stamped on him during the first-half of the 2–2 Champions League draw and left marks on his chest.
Allan Kuhn, Aalborg's stand-in manager, also felt that Rooney had overstepped the mark and Uefa has confirmed this morning that it will assess the incident, which was missed by the referee, Laurent Duhamel. Should Uefa concur with Risgard's view, Rooney will almost certainly be banned for the beginning of the knockout rounds in February.
Sir Alex Ferguson was offered the chance to present his view of the incident ahead of tomorrow's trip to Tottenham — which Rooney will miss after collecting five bookings — but declined to offer an opinion.
However, he is unhappy at the reporting of the incident, feeling Rooney's case has not been helped by numerous re-runs on television. "I am not going to discuss Wayne Rooney," he said. "You press guys have created most of it. You are not getting anything from this club at all on Wayne Rooney. That is it, finished."