But Mr McManus said George was "very unlikely" to lodge a successful appeal.

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However, despite his lack of games this season, McManus, who has 18 Scotland caps, has been included in George Burley's squad for next week's World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Netherlands.

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Then he publicly confused Rove McManus, an Australian television talk-show host, with Karl Rove, an adviser to George Bush.

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