Wayne Rooney- Manchester United
The Rooney transfer saga is currently dominating the back pages of most newspapers, with new revelations about the strikers future being revealed everyday. Rooney is unsettled at United at the moment following a falling out between himself and former manager Sir Alex Ferguson. The Scot left Rooney out of one of United’s most important games of last season, the Champions League second round tie against Real Madrid. Ferguson then told the media that Rooney had handed in a transfer request at the end of the season and the striker was left out of United’s squad for the final few games of the season. Rooney denies that he asked Ferguson for a move and instead told the Scot that he wanted more game time, having been substituted many times over the course of the season.
The falling out between player and former manager will have to be sorted out by new manager David Moyes, the man who gave Rooney his senior debut when the pair were at Everton together. Moyes has said that he wants to keep Rooney at Old Trafford and some reports have suggested that Rooney would prefer to stay at the club due to him having a young family settled in the Manchester area. However, Rooney won’t sign a new contract at the club unless United agree to offer him similar terms to what is already on his contract. Rooney’s current deal runs out in 2015, meaning if United were to sell it would have to be this season so that they could maximise profit. If Rooney does leave, Chelsea is one of his possible destinations and Jose Mourinho would be more than happy to accommodate the Englishman in his Chelsea team.
The striker could be available for around £25 million, which is well within the Blues price range. However, United won’t want to sell Rooney to one of their Premier League rivals and would probably offer the striker to clubs in Europe before even considering an offer from Chelsea. If United do have to do business with a Premier League rival, they would probably rather talk to Arsenal, who they see as less of a threat than Chelsea. Arsenal are known to be monitoring the situation involving Rooney so the Blues may have to offer United more money if they really do want to bring the striker to Stamford Bridge.