text: do you think wayne rooney should play for england in the world cup ? his foot is injured and taking time to recover and he is very young so he could play in the 2010 world cup in south africa. i have a lot of doubts if they should take him to the world cup. he would probably be better off having a good recovery and start fresh next season, than hastely recover just to play maybe only 1 match in this world cup.  he can still be replaced by another player up to 24 hours before the first england game.