England striker Wayne Rooney is recovering from a minor injury but will be fully fit for his expected return during the group stages at Euro 2012, manager Roy Hodgson has revealed. Rooney is suspended for England's opening Group D games against France and Sweden but is likely to come back into Hodgson's starting line-up for the final first round match against Ukraine.
Hodsgon revealed that the 26-year-old Manchester United star - who was photographed holidaying in Las Vegas on Saturday - would be excused from next week's friendly against Norway in Oslo. He will then link up with England on May 29 in time for England's final warm-up game against Belgium at Wembley on June 2. "Wayne has been playing with a minor injury for the last three or four games which needed a couple of weeks to clear up," said Hodgson.
"He won't be involved in the Norway game and I don't know whether I will select him for Belgium at this stage. "I offered him a couple more days' rest but he was adamant he wanted to be part of it when we meet up for the Belgium game.