It looks as if Wayne Rooney's injury is not as bad as first thought and he will definitely be back in time for the World Cup this summer in South Africa . Rooney is England's talisman and without him they would have no chance of success at the FIFA World Cup. Rooney took an ankle knock which set the papers into overdrive about yet another injured England player just before the World Cup. On the FIFA World Cup tickets front it seems as if there there could be about 330,000 unsold tickets. The FIFA World Cup organising committee have messed up again. This is just unbelievable incompetence to have unsold tickets for the biggest sports event in the world .  The FIFA World Cup organising committee are always surrounded by accusations of greed and corruption .

Sir Alex Ferguson has decreed that England won't win the World Cup in 2010 - and we all know that is now the law . Fergie said that not enough English players were getting top level experience in the Champions League - just 15 this year. By contrast , 103 Brazilians are playing in the competition. This can be put down to English clubs buying foreign players to get success , not least Manchester United themselves . " More Scots played in the Champions League last season than English
players. I thought the 11/10 on Brazil to beat England was the bet of the century."

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has nine of his squad  battling to win a place in Fabio Capello’s plans. The Manchester United manager declared he ‘can’t see past Brazil’ to triumph for a record sixth time in South Africa next summer and neither can the bookies .   England do not have enough players with regular Champions League experience to be world champions.

Remember tennis player Andy Murray, who faced a huge backlash when he joked that he wanted ‘any team’ to beat England at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.