Sir Alex - Rooney OK for final

Striker on track to feature in Moscow

By Graeme Bailey   Last updated: 3rd May 2008

Wayne Rooney Manchester United

Rooney - Hip injury

He will be fit for the final - no question about that, the big rush is now just to get him fit for next Saturday.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that there is 'no question' Wayne Rooney will be fit for the UEFA Champions League final in Moscow later this month.

The Manchester United chief also dismissed any suggestions that the England star would require any form of surgery.

Rooney has been struggling with a hip problem since United's draw at Blackburn in mid-April.

He played the following two games against Barcelona and Chelsea - but he was forced off at Stamford Bridge and has missed the next two games.

But Ferguson confirmed that Rooney would be going to Russia and will be ready to face Chelsea.

Hip issue

"With Wayne it is just that knock in the hip, he got it against Blackburn and it was amazing really cause Nelsen came across and whacked him in the hip and he got a foul against him, which for me was an amazing decision," Ferguson told Sky Sports.

"When you get that knock, the bruising was there and he wants to play knowing Wayne. But it is has never cleared up, last Saturday against Chelsea he was struggling badly and we can't get rid of the bruised blood, it is trapped between the muscle and the hip joint so it is very painful, so once we clear that up the pain will go."

Ferguson denied there was any need for an operation when asked: "No, no, no - he will be fit for the final - no question about that, the big rush is now just to get him fit for next Saturday."

Ferguson is also hopeful that Nemanja Vidic - who suffered concussion at Chelsea, will be ready for next week.

"With Vida, medically we can't play him it is a ten-day ruling with concussion so hopefully he will be available for next Saturday," he said.