Man Utd's Wayne Rooney threatens Twitter followerManchester United striker Wayne Rooney has told a Twitter follower: "I'll put u asleep within 10 seconds" after being provoked on the social networking site.
The 25-year-old England star, who has a following of over 570,000, was replying to an abusive tweet on Tuesday.
Rooney suggested a meeting at the training ground, tweeting: "hope u turn up if u don't gonna tell everyone ur scared u little nit. I'll be waiting."
In an effort to defuse the situation, Rooney tweeted: "Haha bit of banter".
The Twitter account belonging to the follower who taunted Rooney was subsequently deleted.
A number of footballers have already been reprimanded for inappropriate use of Twitter this season.
West Ham striker Carlton Cole was recently charged by the Football Association for improper conduct for remarks made during England's 1-1 draw with Ghana at Wembley in March.
While Liverpool striker Ryan Babel was fined £10,000 for a Twitter post and warned about his future conduct after being linked to a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt after a 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.
Rooney was banned for two matches in April after accepting a Football Association charge for swearing into a TV camera after scoring a hat-trick at West Ham.
On Wednesday night at the Manchester United awards, Rooney's overhead kick against Manchester City at Old Trafford in February was the clear choice for goal of the season.
Portuguese winger Nani received the players' player of the year award, while Javier Hernandez was voted fans' player of the year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13449957.stmRooney's twitter -
https://twitter.com/#!/WayneRooneyJust been browsing his twitter feed. I know he looks like a bit of a chav, but didn't know he actually had a chav mentality, I mean not such a blatant one. Wow... Also he just got owned by piers morgan.
That's what you said to Sir Alex before he paid you £50mill RT @WayneRooney @piersmorgan Stop hanging on to me pls. I don't want to know u.