Wayne Rooney is set to miss the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City after being charged by the FA for his foul-mouthed on-camera tirade at the weekend.
The Manchester United striker swore into a television camera moments after completing a hat-trick against West Ham on Saturday, and the FA confirmed this evening he had been charged with "use of offensive, insulting and/or abusive language" in relation the incident.
Unless the 25-year-old can successfully plead that the punishment has been too severe, he will serve a two-match suspension, starting with Saturday's Barclays Premier League encounter with Fulham at Old Trafford and concluding with that eagerly-anticipated Manchester derby at Wembley for the right to meet Bolton or Stoke in next month's FA Cup final.
It had been thought Rooney would escape with a warning. The England forward issued an apology within hours of the final whistle which he hoped would lessen the possibility of any sanctions against him.
However, when an FA disciplinary panel met they decided Rooney's conduct was so poor it could not be allowed to pass unchecked.
The fact that Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore only last week declared his intention to clean up the game hardly helped, and when Professional Footballers' Association deputy chief executive John Bramhall condemned Rooney's actions, it soon became clear the idea of a warning was fanciful.
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 games against Fulham and 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.\
The FA confirmed on Thursday that Rooney will miss the Wembley semi-final clash on April 16 after it upheld a two-match suspension for his foul-mouthed outburst at West Ham last weekend.
Rooney has declared himself "gutted" to miss the match, with Mancini claiming it would be better if the Manchester United striker was available for such a showpiece occasion.
However, although the 25-year-old scored a sensational overhead kick to settle the last meeting between the derby rivals in February and netted the last-minute goal to send United to the Carling Cup final last term, Mancini has denied City have cause to celebrate Rooney's absence.
The Manchester United striker swore into a television camera moments after completing a hat-trick against West Ham on Saturday, and the FA confirmed this evening he had been charged with "use of offensive, insulting and/or abusive language" in relation the incident.
Unless the 25-year-old can successfully plead that the punishment has been too severe, he will serve a two-match suspension, starting with Saturday's Barclays Premier League encounter with Fulham at Old Trafford and concluding with that eagerly-anticipated Manchester derby at Wembley for the right to meet Bolton or Stoke in next month's FA Cup final.
It had been thought Rooney would escape with a warning. The England forward issued an apology within hours of the final whistle which he hoped would lessen the possibility of any sanctions against him.
However, when an FA disciplinary panel met they decided Rooney's conduct was so poor it could not be allowed to pass unchecked.
The fact that Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore only last week declared his intention to clean up the game hardly helped, and when Professional Footballers' Association deputy chief executive John Bramhall condemned Rooney's actions, it soon became clear the idea of a warning was fanciful.
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 games against Fulham and 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.\
The FA confirmed on Thursday that Rooney will miss the Wembley semi-final clash on April 16 after it upheld a two-match suspension for his foul-mouthed outburst at West Ham last weekend.
Rooney has declared himself "gutted" to miss the match, with Mancini claiming it would be better if the Manchester United striker was available for such a showpiece occasion.
However, although the 25-year-old scored a sensational overhead kick to settle the last meeting between the derby rivals in February and netted the last-minute goal to send United to the Carling Cup final last term, Mancini has denied City have cause to celebrate Rooney's absence.
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