Sir Alex Ferguson Attempts to Build Bridges With Wayne Rooney Praise [VIDEO]: Nightly Soccer Report

Sir Alex Ferguson has done his first interview since his retirement, and has attempted to build bridges with Wayne Rooney by praising the Manchester United striker.

Ferguson said that Rooney is ‘back to what we remember’ in the Bayer Leverkusen win.

Here’s the complete interview by MUTV:

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Wayne Rooney praised by his former manager Sir Alex Ferguson — The Guardian
• Richard Keys: ‘The novelty of Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher will wear off and then what?’ — The Independent
• Swansea City celebrated one of their greatest ever nights in Valencia — Wales Online
• Jol admits he was wrong to criticise fans after they booed Fulham’s draw with West Brom — The Mail
• Kieron Dyer bids to follow Sir Bobby Robson after launching coaching career — Metro
• Martin Jol sweating on Dimitar Berbatov’s fitness for visit to Chelsea — The Mirror
• Chelsea’s Nathaniel Chalobah joins Nottingham Forest on loan — BBC Sport
• Manchester United send Jesse Lingard on one-month loan to Birmingham City — The Mirror
• Alan Curbishley admits he’s always regretted selling Scott Parker at Charlton Athletic — Metro
• ‘Stéphane Sessègnon was allowed to leave Sunderland as he didn’t care’ — The Guardian
• Sir Alex Ferguson: I never influenced referees during Man United reign — Metro
• Norwich City midfielder Elliott Bennett signs contract extension — Sky Sports
• Brendan Rodgers urges Liverpool fans to help Hillsborough review — The Guardian
• Carlton Cole must prove fitness before landing West Ham deal — Sky Sports
• Tromso fan pulls on Arsenal shirt at White Hart Lane, she’s instantly labelled a legendary Gooner — 101GG
• Aston Villa to hand Marc Albrighton a transfer to Derby on loan — The Mirror

International soccer

• Darron Gibson lifts lid on Trap and signals desire to return — Irish Examiner
• Brazil says it can’t handle World Cup drug testing — Yahoo
• Fifa warned 2022 World Cup in Qatar must not clash with Winter Games — The Telegraph
• FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Liberia in familiar story — Pro Soccer Talk
• Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj may reject Belgium World Cup chance to play for Albania — Telegraph

MLS

• MLS viewership on ESPN drops 27% and 20% on NBCSN — The Shin Guardian
• MLS structure implicity allows Chivas USA shenanigans — Pro Soccer Talk
• Chivas USA has fired its president — but he was far from the main problem — SI
• New York City FC has Jason Kreis in its sights as first head coach — Pro Soccer Talk

Football League

• Leyton Orient lose Olympic Stadium tenancy review bid — BBC Sport
• Julio Cesar sidelined with broken finger — Yahoo
• FA debate on English football to look at lower league ‘feeder clubs’ — The Guardian

Serie A

• D.C. owner could buy majority of Inter ‘as early as next week’ — Pro Soccer Talk

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