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Still done more than you in life.

He looks like he should have been in Trainspotting there.

All Scottish people do

You know this is the United thread, right?

Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting we're interested in Pjanic, would love that. His contract runs out in 2015 and he wouldn't be cup tied for CL if we got him in January.

Is he not a #10? If so, why would you not just play Kagawa there?

Is he not a #10? If so, why would you not just play Kagawa there?

The 2006 tournament itself gave rise to further issues as Eriksson selected Rooney, who had been battling a broken metatarsal in the weeks leading up to the squad announcement.

Ferguson, Eriksson claims, had said Rooney would not be available, giving rise to a difference of opinions between medical staff with club and country, with the England doctor Leif Sward ultimately winning out.

Eriksson wrote: "Leif and I met Ferguson and United's doctor at the United training ground. 'He cannot play in the World Cup,' Ferguson said flatly. The doctor brought out some X-rays that he said showed Rooney's broken bone would not heal in time.

"When the doctor finished, Leif looked him in the eye. 'Why do you sit here and lie to me?' Leif asked.

"He was one of Europe's foremost specialists on this kind of injury. I just wish I could have filmed Ferguson's face when Leif explained that Wayne's break would heal in time for the World Cup. When Leif had finished, I turned to Ferguson. 'Sorry, Alex,' I said. 'I will pick Rooney'."

Rooney went to the tournament but did not score a single goal and was sent off for stamping on Ricardo Carvalho in England's quarter-final against Portugal, which they lost on penalties.

Anyone else finished Fergie's book?