'I am devastated about the ban,' he said.
'To get banned, effectively four games because I missed the
'It seems you can't make a tackle these days, which is a shame, especially when you watch past games and see tackles flying in all over the place.'
Rooney has written to the Football Association, through his agent Paul Stretford, threatening to withdraw his co-operation for the organisation's commercial project and also refusing to allow his image to be used as a marketing tool.
The letter was sent late last week with the full knowledge of United.