WAYNE ROONEY SET TO START IN MANCHESTER UNITED VS BAYERN MUNICH SECOND LEG
It has just been announced on BBC that Wayne Rooney isn’t just on the bench for Manchester United- he’s in the bloody starting line-up! This all looks like a gigantic rouse from Sir Alex Ferguson and we’re now seeing Manchester United’s price starting to drop across the board with virtually all major bookmakers as the English talisman looks set to line-up and deliver a dramatic Champions League victory for his club.
With the “best player in the world” gauntlet thrown by Lionel Messi it’s time for Wayne Rooney to get out there and prove everybody wrong. You know he’s probably taken several injections to get through this match and you absolutely know that this has thrown Bayern Munich’s game-plan out the window.
William Hill has cut Manchester United’s price to win down to 8/11 while raising the price of the draw to 11/4 and Munich have been left at 7/2.
Wayne Rooney’s odds to score against Bayern are listed at 5/6 anytime with William Hill and a very slim 10/3 to score first or last. Should Wayne Rooney score 2 goals or more then you’re looking at a 9/2 payday while a hat-trick is short-priced at 16/1. If Rooney gets out there and scores four goals today (yeah, I know it’s unlikely) I would really enjoy seeing the reactions in the Spanish press.
This has definitely added a whole other dimension to the match and even an 80% fit Rooney brings a huge of skill into the reckoning. I think that he may be targeted by the Bayern players and the referee will likely be watching this. I think what happened in the last match was a deliberate attempt to injure Rooney, despite the injury happening on the opposite foot that was stamped on off-the-ball.
A red card at any point in the match pays out at 11/4 and that’s now a strong bet in my opinion. Especially if Bayern wind up chasing the game in the late moments. You know they aren’t going to be classy about it.
Darron Gibson is also set to start for United and he is priced at a massive 6/1 to score anytime and 16/1 to score first or last.
The Manchester United Line Up is as follows: Van der Sar, Evra, Ferdinand, Rooney, Vidic, Carrick, Nani, Rafael, Fletcher, Valencia, Gibson