United’s £30.75 million record buy hasn’t scored since a hat-trick against Liverpool in September, and he was dropped for last Saturday’s Premier League match against Wigan. However, Berbatov is likely to start up front with Rooney against Rangers at Ibrox tonight, and Ferguson told the Manchester Evening News: "In fairness to Dimitar’s situation we have been changing the strikers quite a lot recently. I think I have to accept the responsibility for changing it too much. "Now we are going to have to be looking at getting consistency of performance."We have a lot of good young striker options who have played in a lot of games recently, but hopefully we can get Wayne back to his best and Dimitar is suited to playing with Wayne."Ferguson wants Rooney to treat his return to the United starting line-up tonight in the Champions League just like his first game of the season.
Aside from a couple of decent performances for England, Rooney endured a tepid start to the campaign, failing to score a goal in open play in a period that included some lurid allegations about his private life. Then came the mad week when it appeared the 25 year-old was intent on leaving Old Trafford before eventually signing a five-year deal, having been cut down by an ankle injury in the middle of all the furore.
Now, after a brief break in Dubai, another week's intensive conditioning work in Oregon and some time spent working at the Carrington training ground, Rooney is ready to face Rangers and show the world all his talent still remains. "Absolutely," agreed Ferguson, when asked if Rooney should regard it as a fresh start. "There is no question about that. "His fitness is good and maybe it will take two or three games but they will help to get him back as quick as we can. "But this is a high profile match, on a terrific pitch, in a great stadium with a terrific atmosphere. All the signs are plus ones, particularly for a player of Wayne's ability."
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