Forget Cristiano Ronaldos 42, Wayne Rooney can top Denis Laws mark

By Mike Norrish 1038AM GMT eleven March 2010

Unstoppable Wayne Rooney has right away scored thirty goals this deteriorate Photo REUTERS

Sir Alex Ferguson has corroborated Rooney to plea the symbol set by Ronaldo in the Champions League winning deteriorate in 2007/08. To do that, Rooney will need to measure thirteen some-more goals prior to the finish of the season. Here"s how it could be finished ...

United have 9 superfluous Premier League games, and a limit of five in the Champions League, should they reach the final. That potentially gives Rooney fourteen games to measure the thirteen goals required to pass Ronaldo"s mark.

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Rooney has scored twenty-three goals in the twenty-seven Premier League games he has played this season, an normal of 0.85 goals per game. So if he plays the residue of United"s games until the finish of the season, he is in line to measure an additional 7 goals. He has 4 goals in five games in the Champions League, an normal of 0.8 goals per game. Should United reach the final, that would statistically give Rooney the possibility to measure an additional 4 goals, receiving his sum to 11. Added to his stream sum of 30, that would give him 41, one short of Ronaldo"s total.

However, if we take Rooney"s new form as a guide, afterwards he will absolutely pass Ronaldo"s mark. Rooney has scored thirteen goals in his last eleven games, an normal of 1.18 goals per game. Should that comparative measure go on until the finish of the season, Rooney will usually need fool around in eleven some-more games to measure the thirteen goals he needs to pass Ronaldo.

Intriguingly, should Rooney"s form and fitness sojourn consistent until May, he could even kick Law"s all-time United record. If Rooney continues to measure an normal of 1.18 goals per diversion and plays in the limit fifteen fixtures he will finish the deteriorate with 47 goals, one some-more than the all-time jot down set by Law in 1963-64.