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Repost from last season when that Rooney/Fergie bust up rumour was rife after the dippers defeat.
"This news has been a slowburner on some of the United sites, abit like the Keane MUTV interview and the Ruud bust up and whilst accounts vary, the most consistent account is this one.
The rumour is that after the defeat, Fergie was attending to interviews post match and instructed Phelan to give the players a strong dressing down for the result. Phelan immediately called the players to task and particilarly focused on Rooney due to his post game comments, stating that he had given Liverpool needless motivation. The atmosphere got heated and Rooney is rumoured to have retorted:
"You can't talk you bald cnut. We never lost to that lot with Carlos about."
This led to some knowing nods from the foreign lads and a stung Roo is reported to have followed it up by calling Phelan a 'poor man's O'Shea'. The United coaching staff all rounded on Rooney for these comments and Gary Nev as club captain and well known for his commitments to his fellow players tried to back up Rooney and the rest of the lads.
Phelan took this as a lack of loyalty from Gary Nev and made some sarcy comment on his run of injuries. Angered, Gary Nev is rumoured to have given Phelan a 'funny look' retorting with a 'we never lost 4-0 at Anfield on my watch', reminding Phelan that he was the right back last time Liverpool stuck 4 past United. Things got more personal and Phelan accused him of 'shitting it' against Vieria.
Apparently Fergie has laid the blame on Rooney for this episode as the instigator and his lack of discipline(Fulham sending off) today is not going to help matters. "
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