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Eriksson set to gamble on Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Rooney faces a nervous wait over his foot injury
England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson will include Wayne Rooney in his World Cup squad if there is a chance the striker will be fit for the knockout stages.
BBC Five Live understands he will take the gamble if Manchester United think Rooney can recover in time and in the hope England will reach the last 16.
Rooney, 20, fractured a metatarsal bone in his right foot on Saturday.
England's first game against Paraguay on 10 June is six weeks away, the period predicted for Rooney's recovery.
The World Cup knockout stages are scheduled to begin on 24 June - eight weeks away - with the quarter-finals due to begin seven days later.
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Eriksson will name his provisional World Cup squad on 8 May and his definitive one by 15 May.
Under Fifa rules, coaches can replace players injured after the 15 May deadline, but not those that picked up knocks before that date.
The youngster is seen as an integral part of England's bid to win the World Cup in Germany.
He broke a bone in the same foot during England's quarter-final defeat by Portugal in Euro 2004.
His absence was seen as a major factor in England's failure to progress to the semi-finals.
Rooney's position is remarkably similar to that of England captain David Beckham before the last World Cup in 2002.
Then, Beckham broke his fifth metatarsal nearly eight weeks before the start of England's World Cup campaign.
And while he played from the start of the tournament, he was clearly not fit - a fact he later admitted.
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