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Article: Give Wayne his licence to thrill; ANDY TOWNSEND'S EURO FILE.(Column)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2006
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Byline: ANDY TOWNSEND
ANDY TOWNSEND'S EURO FILE
WRONG ROLE FOR ROONEY
FIVE British teams in the Champions League, five wins. It's been a good week - but you might not think so looking at Wayne Rooney's body language.
He looked lost and bewildered during Manchester United's 1-0 win at Benfica on Tuesday. Now, though, the responsibility to sort his game out rests with the player. He wasn't helped by being asked to act as a minder to Gabriel Heinze and operate at times as an auxiliary left back.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson seems to have decided that Michael Carrick needs help protecting the back four, so John O'Shea was in ...