Sir Alex - Rooney lacks fitness!

Sir Alex has criticised Wayne Rooney in his new autobiography. The former Manchester United Manager claims Wayne Rooney's qualities can be "swallowed up by a lack of fitness". He then goes on to compare Wayne Rooney with Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs saying that the two look after themselves and they always working on keeping fit unlike the English striker. "Wayne needed to be careful. He has great qualities about him but they can be swallowed up by a lack of fitness. Look at the way [Cristiano] Ronaldo or [Ryan] Giggs look after themselves. Wayne needed to grasp the nettle. If he missed a couple of weeks for United, it could take him four or five games to get his sharpness back. “He would receive no leniency from me. I would hammer him for any drop in condition. It was quite simple – he wouldn’t play. That’s the way I always dealt with fitness issues, regardless of the player involved, and I saw no reason to change in the final years of my career. “In my final year, when he was left out a few times, and replaced in big games, I felt he was struggling to get by people and had lost some of his old thrust. But he was capable of making extraordinary contributions. That pass to Van Persie in the win over Aston Villa that secured the title for us was marvellous, as was his overhead kick against Man City. Those flashes guaranteed his profile. But as time wore on, I felt he struggled more and more to do it for 90 minutes, and he seemed to tire in games. “I took him off in that Aston Villa game because Villa were a very young side full of running, and their substitute was running past Wayne.” Manchester United fans will be hoping that all these comments from their former Manager doesn't crash their plane that is already on auto-pilot.