FA hire lawyers for Rooney appeal

The English FA have hired an external legal firm to help with Wayne Rooneys suspension appeal. Rooneys appeal against a three-match ban, which is threatening to rule him out of Euro 2012s entire group stage, will be heard by UEFA on Thursday.He is currently due to miss matches against France, Sweden and Ukraine next year for kicking out at Miodrag Dzudovic in Englands final qualifier in Montenegro in October.Adrian Bevington, managing director of Club England, told BBC programme that the FA contingent are determined to put together a strong legal case, so they have brought in outside help.We have spoken at length with our own internal lawyers on this, and also we have been working with an external legal firm as well, who have a great deal of expertise in sports law, Bevington said.Wayne will attend the hearing - he will travel after (Manchester) Uniteds game on Wednesday in Basel - Fabio (Capello) will also be there to give evidence.I believe the evidence provided by the Montenegrin player, who was quite supportive of Wayne after the game, will also be part of our case.I dont want to say too much more about what our case will be because it would be inappropriate to do so before the hearing, but we go there with the hope of at least getting some reduction in the suspension so Wayne can play a more fulsome part in the tournament.
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