MP calls on Blair to pressure Fergie to include Rooney
Conservative MP Greg Hands today called on British prime minister Tony Blair to use his “long standing friendship” with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to “lobby for (Wayne) Rooney’s inclusion”.
Hands even tabled a Commons motion condemning Ferguson for his “continuing efforts to prevent” Rooney from playing for the England team, attacking what he called the “shenanigans” over when the young striker will play.
The motion says: “This House condemns the shenanigans of Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United manager and his continuing efforts to prevent Wayne Rooney from playing for England in the World Cup and calls on the Prime Minister to use his long-standing friendship with Sir Alex to lobby for Rooney’s inclusion at the appropriate time.”
Mr Hands said of the Scottish manager: “It seems to me that Sir Alex is motivated more by the interests of Manchester United.”
