I never said them things: Manchester United's Wayne Rooney denies putting in official transfer request
I never said them things: Manchester United's Wayne Rooney denies putting in official transfer request
Striker fears there is no way back for him at Old Trafford as it emerges Fergie explored swapping him for Man City keeper Hart
New dad - new job? It looks highly unlikely Rooney will stay at Manchester United
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Wayne Rooney fears he is being forced out of Manchester United and into exile as Paris Saint-Germain.
Rooney
is adamant that he has NOT made an official transfer request, despite
newly-retired manager Alex Ferguson publicly insisting that he HAD asked
to leave the Old Trafford giants.
Rooney
fears the United fans may struggle to forgive him and it now seems
almost certain that the 27-year-old will leave this summer.
Big-spending French champions PSG head of the queue of interested clubs, although Monaco, Chelsea, Arsenal and even Manchester City are watching developments closely.
England
striker Rooney had been hoping to start discussions about a new
contract, yet United appear to be pulling the rug from under his feet -
and that could force him out. Wayne Blue-ney: How Rooney would look in a Chelsea shirt
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Ferguson dropped Rooney for United's biggest game of the season - the decisive second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Real Madrid.
Despite the denials, that episode made it clear that he could be on his way out.
Summer signing Robin van Persie has also eclipsed Rooney as United’s main man up front.
Fergie’s
tough tactics may end up sparing his successor, David Moyes, the
difficult task of having to justify the sale to fans, as the former
manager would take the full blame.
The Mirror understands that
Ferguson had even explored using Rooney as bait in an incredible
player-plus-cash swap deal to bring Manchester City keeper Joe Hart to
Old Trafford.
Ferguson is a big admirer of Hart and felt his unhappiness under Roberto Mancini gave him a chance of snatching him. Trading places: Alex Ferguson looked into a Rooney-for Hart exchange deal
Claudio Villa
Hart is now happier at Eastlands and will stay on under
boss-in-waiting Manuel Pellegrini following last week's decision to sack
Mancini.
In contrast, Rooney, who celebrated the birth of son Klay on Tuesday, fears there is no way back for him at United.
He
was alarmed to see Sky pundit Gary Neville - his England coach and a
former United team-mate - laughing about him asking for a transfer while
conducting a TV interview with Paul Scholes.
That has left him with the feeling there was a deep undercurrent and determination within the club to sell him.
Rooney has been left disappointed to see himself being accused of twice asking for a move in the past three years.
While
he admits to having clear the air talks with Ferguson, as he sought
assurances about his future, Rooney remains adamant that no formal
transfer request was put in.
That is an official course of action
in which the player puts his request in writing and waives his right to a
pay-off - and Rooney maintains that has simply never happened, despite
United public claims to the contrary.
And with that sort of backdrop, it is crystal clear that Rooney fears there is a clear agenda to move him on.
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