Wayne Rooney and Derby’s entire first-team squad will miss Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Chorley following the coronavirus outbreak which has closed their training ground, the PA news agency understands. The Rams will instead field a team made up of under-23 and under-18 players at Victory Park on Saturday afternoon. A number of first-team players and staff returned positive tests for Covid-19 on Monday, with the club’s Moor Farm facilities subsequently closed. Wayne Rooney and the Derby first-team squad will miss Saturday’s FA Cup tie (Nigel French/PA). “For Wayne Rooney to come would just be the pinnacle for us.”

Source: Express January 06, 2021 16:07 UTC