Portsmouth remain keen to strengthen their defence and are hopeful of concluding deals for Reading's Nicky Shorey and Tottenham's Younes Kaboul before Sunday's FA Community Shield match against Manchester United at Wembley.
Rooney has not trained since returning from Nigeria, where Premier League champions United played FA Cup winners Portsmouth in a friendly in Abuja on July 27.
The FA is clamping down on players to put refs firmly back in charge, and Sunday's Community Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth will see the launch of the Respect programme for the professional game.
United played four friendlies, including one against Community Shield opponents Portsmouth, on the tour but it now looks to have cost them the services of their leading striker.
The striker has felt too weak to train since United returned from Africa last week and Ferguson expects to be without the England star for the Community Shield against Portsmouth on Saturday and the Premier League opener against Newcastle on August 1....
But Puel still has decisions to make, including whether to play his captain, Juninho, and how to get the best out of Ligue 1 Player of the Year Karim Benzema. Juninho, an ever-present for all of Lyon's titles, is not as dynamic or prolific as he was ....
The first match of the season against Portsmouth is the important one - and I hope I can do the same then.
Also, the average attendance at Galaxy games of 28,000 is more than at Reading, FA Cup winners Portsmouth, Fulham, Blackburn and Wigan last season.
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