Wayne Rooney will miss Sir Alex Ferguson’s final game to be with wife Coleen, who has gone into labour
Rooney has been given permission to sit out the trip as wife Coleen is due to give birth to the couple’s second child. The 27-year-old’s Manchester United future is in doubt after he asked for a transfer recently. Ferguson has now passed that matter on to new manager David Moyes to deal with.
Coleen, expecting the couple’s second child, went into labour late on Saturday night. The couple already have a three-year-old son, Kai. It is not clear whether Rooney would have featured had his family situation been different.
It promises to be a day rich in nostalgia for Ferguson, who will be succeeded by Everton manager David Moyes on July 1.
In his final pre-game press conference, he cast his mind back to the very beginning of his journey as a manager, with Scottish minnows East Sterling in 1974.
“I have had 39 years as a manager,” said the 71-year-old.
