Rooney more open to helping FA with England advertising

Wayne Rooney is becoming more co-operative in helping the FA sell the England brand.

The Daily Mail says Rooney, whose relationship with the FA has been fragile at best due to a variety of disciplinary issues, is currently on-side to the extent he agreed to do special individual filming before the aborted England match against Holland for team sponsors Vauxhall.

The car manufacturers' TV ad is to be aired before the next game against Bulgaria.

Rooney rarely makes England sponsorship appearances and for a period refused to cooperate entirely in protest over an FA ban.