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England fears over Rooney & Owen
England have new injury worries over first-choice World Cup strike duo Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen.
Rooney was stretchered off late in Man Utd's defeat at Chelsea after injuring the same foot he broke at Euro 2004.
"It's a sore one but we will just have have to wait and see," Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson said.
And Newcastle caretaker boss Glenn Roeder revealed Owen was "not 100% happy" with his foot injury after he returned as a substitute at Birmingham.
Rooney, 20, left Stamford Bridge on crutches, with the countdown already on for England's opening World Cup game against Paraguay on 10 June, six weeks away.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho spoke to a United official and gave England hope when he claimed: "They said it's no problem for the World Cup."
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was more guarded about the injury.
"There's no point in making assertions at the moment," he said.
"When a player is taken off you are always concerned. We've had quite a few bad injuries this season but, hopefully, Wayne is not a bad one."
Rooney is seen as being key to England's hopes at the World Cup in Germany and any concerns over his fitness would add to England manager Eriksson's injury worries.
The fears over Rooney were made worse when Roeder revealed concerns about Owen after he came on for 30 minutes at St Andrews, his first appearance since breaking his foot at Spurs on New Year's Eve.
After Owen limped off at the final whistle, Roeder said: "He had the best part of half an hour and when he came in afterwards he was a little bit concerned. He wasn't quite 100% happy with it.
"There was no sharp pain or anything - he described it as dull. He was honest with the medical team in saying he was not 100%.
"I would understand Newcastle and England supporters being a bit more concerned than Michael, but that is to be understood with what unluckily happened to Wayne."
He added: "The medical department will decide over the weekend what the next step will be.
"Michael is not 100% happy with his foot. But I have to emphasise he is not that concerned.
"He told me he felt some discomfort when he wheeled away after five or six minutes."
The fitness of the strikers will be England and manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's prime concern over the next few weeks, but there are other doubts too.
Arsenal central defender Sol Campbell has only just returned after a lengthy spell out while team-mate Ashley Cole is fit again but has not played any first-team football.
England and Chelsea centre-back John Terry also picked up an injury in his side's 3-0 win over United but he soldiered on until the end of the game which assured the Blues of the Premiership title.
United right-back Gary Neville also appeared to be hobbling and may yet develop into another concern for Eriksson.
And fellow full-back Wayne Bridge, who is on loan at Fulham from Chelsea, is playing on despite struggling with a tight
