Rooney ready to rule the world

Wayne Rooney wants to take his current hot streak onto the international stage tomorrow.

But scoring the goals to help England beat African Nations Cup winners Egypt is not what Fabio Capello really wants.

The England manager needs Rooney to maintain his current, blinding form into the summer, when he will be the man expected to fire England to World Cup glory.

“I hope I can make a difference at the World Cup,” he said. “I know if I have a good World Cup we will have a chance of doing well.

“I am in the best form of my life at present. I feel unstoppable. I am ready.”

Including his England goal against Croatia last September, Rooney has found the net 29 times this season.

A scan has revealed no major problem with a knee injury that has troubled him for a couple of weeks, Rooney is expected to partner Emile Heskey in a game Capello has arranged as a warm–up for England’s second Group C game at the World Cup, against Algeria in Cape Town on June 18.