FA warns Wayne Rooney over comments he made about injuring John Terry

Wayne Rooney has been warned by the Football Association over comments he made about injuring John Terry.

Rooney spoke about wearing different studs during a 2006 match between his old club Manchester United and Chelsea, captained by his former England team-mate Terry, in recent interviews to promote a new Amazon documentary.

He said he changed out of his usual studs for that game “because I wanted to try and hurt someone” and added: “John Terry left the stadium on crutches. I left a hole in his foot and then I signed my shirt to him after the game.”

The FA asked Rooney for an explanation of the comments and the PA news agency understands it has now issued the Derby manager with a warning.

Rooney had said: “Until my last game for Derby, I always wore the old plastic studs with the metal tip.

“For that game (between United and Chelsea in April 2006) I changed them to big, long metal ones – the maximum length you could have because I wanted to try and hurt someone, try and injure someone.