Instead it has been another super-agent in Mino Raiola who has helped Man United sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, while also brokering the imminent world-record signing of Paul Pogba from Juventus.
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“I am delighted that through this agreement with Facebook my testimonial game will be streamed globally on both the Wayne Rooney and Manchester United Facebook pages”, Rooney said.
The game at Old Trafford, between Rooney’s only two professional clubs, marks his 12 years’ service at United and whilst we are all familiar with the number ten on his shirt he actually started out with eight before reverting to the latter in 2007. It is not ethical.
“There are things that when I do (them), it is not ethical but when others do (that), nobody says that and everything is normal”. We made decisions. We chose to bring four players, not 10, that are Man United level and that we think can really improve the squad and not just be one more. This is a profile of our market.
“We have a young central defender that needs time to be a top one but he has potential and we believe a lot in him. I’m happy with the effort that the club has, and is still putting in for us”.
Speaking ahead of Sunday’s Community Shield with Leicester City, Manchester United’s manager confirmed he expected one more player to arrive at Old Trafford before August 14.
“Last month Wenger described the proposed Pogba deal as “complete madness”, while Klopp was quoted as saying: “‘If you bring one player in for £100m and he gets injured, then it all goes through the chimney.
“(Wayne’s) gone on to play for Manchester United for 12 years, which is very hard in the present day”, said Ferguson.
It remains to be seen what role Rooney will play under new coach Jose Mourinho this season, with the forward having been increasingly used as a midfielder under previous boss Louis van Gaal.
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“Normally I like to work with 20 players plus the three goalkeepers which is what I have done for 15 years”.
