Rooney to miss St Mary’s clash (From Daily Echo)

Rooney to miss St Mary’s clash

10:00pm Sunday 26th August 2012 in Saints News

Rooney to miss St Mary’s clash

Manchester United will be without Wayne Rooney for their visit to Saints next weekend, after the striker sustained a nasty injury in their 3-2 win over Fulham on Saturday.

Rooney, pictured, is expected to be out of action for about a month after suffering a deep cut to his leg when Hugo Rodallega landed on him in stoppage time at Old Trafford.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson described the wound as “a very bad one” and said the player, who visited hospital after the game, would be ruled out for four weeks.

His initial diagnosis was emphasised by the reaction of surgeons, who were “surprised” at the depth of the cut.

While there will be no Rooney, Saints will still have to deal with Robin van Persie at St Mary’s next Sunday.

The striker, who signed for United from Arsenal this summer, scored on his home debut, steering a sublime left-foot effort past Mark Schwarzer to set Ferguson’s men on course for their first three points of the campaign.

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Seedhouse the Unrepentant says...
10:12pm Sun 26 Aug 12

Good. 5-0 Saints.

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Kings Lynn Saint says...
10:14pm Sun 26 Aug 12

That's OK then!!!

Only Van Persie to worry about!!!

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Jesus_02 says...
10:16pm Sun 26 Aug 12

Phew..

my money is o 6-3?

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seventh-junction says...
10:18pm Sun 26 Aug 12

So what! We will be without Tadanari Lee...oh and Fonte, Rodriguez and Danny Fox ...again....lol
4-3 Saints

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SaintMark says...
10:20pm Sun 26 Aug 12

From Duncan Castles of The Sunday Times:

Southampton pursue Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas

Elsewhere, Southampton are attempting to conclude a deal for the young Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas. The promoted Premier League club are understood to have offered a deal worth €6m for the Spain Under 21 international.

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dougspiano says...
10:25pm Sun 26 Aug 12

SaintMark wrote:
From Duncan Castles of The Sunday Times:

Southampton pursue Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas

Elsewhere, Southampton are attempting to conclude a deal for the young Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas. The promoted Premier League club are understood to have offered a deal worth €6m for the Spain Under 21 international.

We've also got a £5.99 bid in for Kaka too. Real Madrid are considering the offer.

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seventh-junction says...
10:33pm Sun 26 Aug 12

dougspiano wrote:

SaintMark wrote:
From Duncan Castles of The Sunday Times:

Southampton pursue Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas

Elsewhere, Southampton are attempting to conclude a deal for the young Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas. The promoted Premier League club are understood to have offered a deal worth €6m for the Spain Under 21 international.
We've also got a £5.99 bid in for Kaka too. Real Madrid are considering the offer.

Never worth it! He sounds a bit sh!tty anyway

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seventh-junction says...
10:34pm Sun 26 Aug 12

Now 7m for J Rod....that's a bargain?????.....not

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Earl of Regents says...
10:58pm Sun 26 Aug 12

"Dodgy" Andreu Fontas sustained cruciate ligarment injury in January 2012.

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OSPREYSAINT says...
11:53pm Sun 26 Aug 12

Earl of Regents wrote:
"Dodgy" Andreu Fontas sustained cruciate ligarment injury in January 2012.

If there ever was a Club with the facility to repair damaged players it is us!

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OSPREYSAINT says...
11:55pm Sun 26 Aug 12

If Manure make the mistake of passing to players in red we could cash in! Their track record about shirts isn't good.

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saint t.boy says...
11:57pm Sun 26 Aug 12

Yes get in!! Now we just have to worry about van Persie, kagawa, nani, Valencia and young to worry about.

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angus mc coatup says...
12:11am Mon 27 Aug 12

rooney finally gets a gash for free.

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DisplacedFan says...
12:30am Mon 27 Aug 12

Beware the Saints backlash. 3-1 Saints.

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saintshorse101 says...
12:44am Mon 27 Aug 12

so what! jos would have had him in his pocket anyway.
oh i do love a bit of pointless optimism on a sunday night.
we cant go into every game worring about whos playing for our opponents. we thought moses leaving wigan would be great for us.

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circa 66 saint says...
4:00am Mon 27 Aug 12

angus mc coatup wrote:
rooney finally gets a gash for free.

and it's not 65 years old

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Flashin the pan says...
4:57am Mon 27 Aug 12

Too much quality in Man utd's side to miss Rooney that much. Maybe the scores down to 0-2 now!
After Man u and Arsenal have finished with your team they should be deeply entrenched at the foot of the table. Kaka will look good in your team playing Championship football on 70k a week next season!

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FreeNelsonMantle says...
6:51am Mon 27 Aug 12

seventh-junction wrote:
Now 7m for J Rod....that's a bargain?????.....not

Maybe if he was played in the right position he might perform a bit better!

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Strasbourg Saint says...
8:21am Mon 27 Aug 12

saint t.boy wrote:
Yes get in!! Now we just have to worry about van Persie, kagawa, nani, Valencia and young to worry about.

Now all we have to worry about is worrying about worrying too much. :)

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saintsfan7177 says...
1:27pm Mon 27 Aug 12