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Kev blast at 'shot' Rooney



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Posted Monday, September 27, 2010 by The Sun

WAYNE ROONEY has been blasted by Kevin Keegan.

Kev blast at 'shot' Rooney

The former England boss says the Manchester United star's confidence is "shot" - and also thinks Rooney is a hypocrite.

Keegan watched woeful Roo struggle in United's 2-2 draw at Bolton where he was hauled off after 61 minutes yesterday.

And he said: "Manchester United are minus Wayne Rooney at the moment. It's a different Wayne Rooney this year. It's not the same. It's like chalk and cheese. They need Wayne Rooney firing on all cylinders.

"His performance at Bolton tells me his confidence is shot."

Keegan also reckons Rooney cannot feel aggrieved at media attention after flogging his wedding pictures to a magazine and earning millions from various endorsements.

He has been in the spotlight off the field following front-page stories about him cheating on wife Coleen with prostitutes.

Keegan said: "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.'

"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'."

Rooney, playing his first away game since the revelations about his private life emerged, suffered jeers as he was replaced by Italian striker Federico Macheda.

Minutes later, he had an ice pack on an ankle but he will be fit for the Champions League match in Valencia on Wednesday.

United No 2 Mike Phelan insisted the injury had played a role in the decision - but it was also made for tactical reasons.

Phelan said: "Wayne had a bit of a knock. He wasn't getting into the areas we wanted and he wasn't getting chances, so we had to change it."

Ryan Giggs also came off and is out for two weeks with a hamstring injury.



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