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Sir Alex Ferguson told Sven "I will kill you" if he took Wayne Rooney to World Cup

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Sir Alex Ferguson was left fuming by Sven Goran Eriksson's decision to take an injured Wayne Rooney to the 2006 World Cup rather than let him recover with Manchester United.The legendary Scot often locked horns with international bosses who looked to call up his United stars when they might've been better off staying with the club due to injury concerns.The most infamous occasion came when England boss Sven looked to take a 20-year-old Rooney to the World Cup in Germany, with a precautionary CT scan on his foot going ahead on June 7.With Ferguson telling the England boss that he Rooney should not travel unless his is at 100% fitness, Sven ignored him and Rooney quickly paid the price in training.Speaking on Amazon Prime documentary, Rooney, England and United's record goalscorer admitted that he never considered staying behind in England.He said: "I remember thinking, it is my first World Cup, how can I not be there?"I need to do everything I can to be there.

And I did, I was in oxygen chambers, I was back and forth seeing specialists."Was Sven right to take Rooney to the World Cup?

Give us your thoughts in the comments sectionWith Sven saying: "Sir Alex did not want Rooney to go. He told me very, very straight: 'You don't take him, that's it Sven, I am going to kill you!'"I told him, Sir Alex, go on holiday, I am going to take Rooney and we are going to the World Cup.

Sorry. And that was it [mimics hanging up the phone]!"If there was chance that Rooney could have been fit, even for just one game, and I did not pick him, they would have killed me even before the World Cup."With Rooney adding: "My first training session with the team was the next day.

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