Rooney slept through draw

Red Devils ace was in no rush to discover opponents

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Rooney slept through draw

Rooney: Missed draw

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Wayne Rooney has revealed he did not find out the World Cup draw for next summer's finals until five hours after it had been made.

The draw for South Africa was made on Friday evening, although the Manchester United ace had spent the afternoon travelling to London ahead of their match at West Ham.

Rooney, who is sure to spearhead England's attack next summer, missed Fabio Capello's men being paired with Algeria, Slovenia and the United States.

The 24-year-old was only looking to rest upon arriving in the capital, but nodded off at the crucial time and had to be informed of England's opponents by friends later in the night.

Asleep

"I was asleep until 10pm," explained Rooney.

"We got the train down to London and got to the hotel about 5pm.

"I lay down on my bed to watch television.

"I fell asleep and didn't find out what the draw was until five hours later."

Draw

When Rooney did eventually catch up on the news he, like most of the country, was happy England had avoided the big guns.

However, he is taking nothing for granted having seen the ever-improving USA topple Spain in last summer's Confederations Cup.

"It was a good draw. I saw USA beat Spain in the Confederations Cup. That will be the difficult game," he continued.

"I don't know too much about Algeria but I'm sure the manager will have loads of information for us before the game."