Fergie: Roo may be fit for England

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told MUTV that Wayne Rooney could be fit to play for England in their Euro 2012 qualifier with Montenegro on October 12.

The Scot, while ruling Rooney out of the Sunderland encounter with the ankle injury he aggravated at Bolton last Sunday, revealed he could be available to Fabio Capello who is due to name his squad for the game on Monday.

"Wayne trained on Thursday and he wants to play on Saturday," Ferguson told local radio station Key103. "I think in a week he will be fine. Obviously we don't play in a week, so it is up to Fabio Capello whether he wants him to."

He added: "I have to take the view that this injury has been niggling away for a while and he kept on playing.

"I have to be dead sure that I am doing the right thing because Wayne has not been doing himself justice."

On this occasion it clearly works to England's advantage that they only have one match to play in the forthcoming international break, on the second of the two dates.

"The Montenegro match is another 10 days away," confirmed Ferguson. "By that time I would expect Wayne to be 100%."

Ferguson also confirmed he needs to monitor the fitness of Rio Ferdinand, Anderson and Michael Carrick, who all started Wednesday's 1-0 win in Valencia after having their recent appearances badly affected by injury.

Paul Scholes' calf injury will not be risked, while Ryan Giggs does not believe he will be ready for a return following his hamstring complaint until after the international break.

"The injury is not too bad," said Giggs. "It has settled down quite quickly. Hopefully I will be training at the back end of next week and then I will be ready to play straight after the internationals."