Some good news for England is that Fifa will allow England to replace Rooney the day before the world cup if still not fit.It had previously been thought that The Three Lions would not be able to bring in a new player, if they named an already injured one on their 23-man squad - which needs to be named by May 23.
Rooney has been given six weeks to overcome the broken metatarsal bone in his foot, which he picked up against Chelsea at the weekend.
His two managers, Sven Goran Eriksson and Sir Alex Ferguson already appear to be at odds over Rooney's recovery - with the Swede insisting he will take Rooney if he has any chance of playing.