He fined the players – who included Rooney – and ruled that the next Christmas knees-up would be a family affair.
When Sports Illustrated reported recently that His Airness is considering such a move for next season, knees all over the country predictably jerked.
You'll be saying he touched your knee next.
"Once I get the spot, I move my left knee next to the spot," he said.
Then she looked around and found him on one knee next to her, with the ring extended.
"I've got to have an operation on my knee next Wednesday," he told the Daily Mail.
Hidden under his left pant leg was a short, faded scar on his knee, next to a much longer fresh one.
Helen had been lost in a novel one minute, and the next she was knee deep in the water, striding, screaming her lungs out.
Connor Lade was next, suffering a knee injury that required an ice wrap – and a towel to bite on for the pain.
There was speculation that his recent surgery was actually microfracture surgery, in which bones next to the knee were intentionally but minimally fractured to encourage the growth of cartilage.
