England coach Fabio Capello has dropped a clear hint that Wayne Rooney will be going to next summer's European Championship.Capello has not spoken about Rooney since the Manchester United striker was handed a three-match ban by UEFA for his red card in Montenegro earlier this month.
Although it is still to be decided whether the Football Association will launch an appeal against the suspension, as it presently stands, Rooney will be ruled out of the entire group stage of the competition in Poland and Ukraine. "You need this kind of player, plus Rooney, I hope." Ferdinand might also be pleased to receive a name check after he was left out of the squad for the final Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro.But Rooney, more than any other player, has the ability to lift England onto the next level and hit the goal trail last night with two penalties in United's Champions League defeat of Otelul Galati, which took his tally for the season onto 11. Phil Jones and Chris Smalling were two of Rooney's team-mates last night, part of a group of English youngsters who have emerged over the past few months to give fresh hope for the future.
"In the friendly games before we went to South Africa, we won but did not play well, like the games we played to qualify. "The players were not so fast, not so good. We need to change something at the end of the season to prepare for the Euros.
