Manchester United star Wayne Rooney is facing a two-match ban after being charged by the FA for swearing in the win at West Ham.
Striker could miss Fulham and Man City games
Manchester United star Wayne Rooney is facing a two-match ban after being charged by the Football Association for swearing in the win at West Ham.
Rooney swore into a television camera after his third goal in the 4-2 win over the Hammers at Upton Park on Saturday.
The England international later issued an apology for his offensive remarks into the camera.
However, the FA has decided to act, with Rooney being charged with using offensive, insulting and/or abusive language.
The charge holds a two-game suspension and Rooney has until 6pm on Tuesday to respond to the charge.
"The FA has today charged Manchester United's Wayne Rooney for the use of offensive, insulting and/or abusive language relating to an incident during his side's fixture with West Ham United," the FA statement read.
"Rooney has until 6pm on April 5 to respond to the charge."
Rooney now has three options - he can deny the charge, in which case a hearing would be convened on Wednesday where there would be the risk of an increased sanction.
His second option is to accept the charge, in which case he would be banned for the Premier League game against Fulham and the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City.
His third and most likely option is to accept the charge but to appeal against the severity of the ban, but that approach could also run the risk of inviting a more severe ban if the appeal is deemed to be frivolous.
