Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has revealed he's curbing his instincts to track back this season.

Like Sir Alex Ferguson at United, England boss Fabio Capello realised he had to curb Rooney's playground instinct to chase the ball back into his own half and train him to operate in more dangerous areas of the pitch.

"I agreed with that," said Rooney. "Not only for England but United as well. There was a stage when I was playing too deep.

"Sir Alex and Fabio have both tried to get me further up the pitch. I was shouted at a few times for going and getting the ball from the centre halves, so I've tried to cut that out. But I love getting on the ball. Some players just want to stay up and score goals. I want to score goals and be involved in the game as well."