Wayne Rooney joined the social networking revolution on Saturday to give Sir Alex Ferguson another headache.
Rooney communicated via Twitter for the first time to offer team-mate Rio Ferdinand a lift, adopting the moniker Wazzaroon08 in tribute to Manchester United's Champions League triumph against Chelsea in Moscow in 2008.
Online: Wayne Rooney (left) is now a social networker
News of Rooney's late entry into the online community spread like wildfire and his following was approaching 100,000 in a matter of hours, meaning any ill-judged comments will also be quickly pounced on.
His record of on-pitch misbehaviour means United manager Ferguson is bound to be worried about him publishing comments that land him in trouble.
West Ham's Carlton Cole recently fell into the Twitter trap with a 'joke' about immigration that earned him a £20,000 fine from the FA. In January, Ryan Babel received a £10,000 fine for posting a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United shirt, after he had played in Liverpool's 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
Ferguson could rest easy last night though as Rooney, not officially verified but endorsed by Ferdinand, kept his tweets clean - and the only mistakes came in his spelling.
But fellow United star Dimitar Berbatov might be interested in the apparent favouring of Javier Hernandez as Rooney's strike partner.
After the Mexican scored the winner against Everton, Rooney tweeted: 'Love playing with Hernandez. Buy of century.'
