Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney insists he doesn't need to be rested.
Rooney's amazing exploits against Hull on Saturday swept Manchester United to the summit of the Premier League - the third team in a week to hold the top spot - and took him to within a hat-trick of his best-ever seasonal tally as a professional.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson knows he needs his talisman. Back home in Italy where he is recovering from knee surgery, Fabio Capello will glory in Rooney's achievements whilst secretly wishing his number one striker could take a break.
"I am sure the two of them have different ideas for me for the rest of the season," smiled Rooney, after the fourth hat-trick of his United career and the second this term.
"But I want to play and whenever I am asked to play I will.
"Even when the manager (Ferguson) tells me when he is giving me a rest I will want to play. But I will have to be sensible."