{"id":319333,"date":"2011-03-18T10:34:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T10:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/sir-alex-ferguson-ready-to-re-think-rooney-role\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T10:34:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T10:34:32","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-ready-to-re-think-rooney-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/sir-alex-ferguson-ready-to-re-think-rooney-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson Ready To Re-think Rooney Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is preparing to abandon the experiment of using Wayne Rooney in midfield.<\/p>\n

After accepting his five-match touchline ban for critical comments about Martin Atkinson in the wake of United’s 2-1 defeat at Chelsea earlier this month – even if he still thinks he was right – Ferguson will be sat in the Old Trafford stands for the Premier League encounter with Bolton.<\/p>\n

By following up that loss at Stamford Bridge with another reverse at Anfield, United are under pressure to gain a victory that would consolidate their position at the top of the table.<\/p>\n

And that might mean a more advanced role for Rooney, who has won plaudits over the past week for a couple of excellent displays in midfield.<\/p>\n

“We only started playing Wayne deeper because of the injury situation before the game against Arsenal last Saturday,” said Ferguson.<\/p>\n

“We were forced into trying to organise a team that gave us a chance of going through. In that particular game it worked.<\/p>\n

“But Bolton are a completely different team and I may change it.”<\/p>\n

One man who definitely won’t be involved is Rio Ferdinand, whose absence with a calf injury is about to extend into a seventh week.<\/p>\n

Ferguson has raised doubts over the 32-year-old returning before the end of the season, although he insists Ferdinand still has a future, despite having three campaigns wrecked by fitness problems.<\/p>\n

“Rio has plenty of years ahead of him,” said Ferguson. “He has had a few injuries over the last few years I am sure that are a concern for him.<\/p>\n

“Calf injuries can be troublesome and we are not looking at this as a short-term situation for us. He has been out for a few weeks now anyway and has not started training yet.<\/p>\n

“It looks to me as if we will be lucky to get him back for some point of the season.<\/p>\n

“But he is still capable of coming back and playing at the top level again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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