Wayne Rooney misses Manchester United training ahead of Bayern return

Wayne Rooney did not take part in full training with the rest of the Manchester United squad today ahead of their Champions League quarter-final second leg tie against Bayern Munich. It had been speculated over the weekend that the forward could make a shock return for the match tomorrow evening, having sprained his ankle in the first leg, last week. He was expected to be out for "two or three weeks" according to the United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Rooney's absence from United's initial training session today makes that less likely but the player could yet recover in time to feature at Old Trafford in a match United have to win if they are to progress to the semi-finals. Ferguson is expected to confirm whether Rooney will play against Bayern or not when he meets the media at 1pm today.