adminNew Chelsea manager Mourinho risked the wrath of his Old Trafford counterpart David Moyes this week by telling his first Press gathering on his return to Stamford Bridge that Rooney should ask himself what it is that makes him happy. United officials are known to be amused rather than irritated by Mourinho’s blatant courting of the England striker and will not register any dissatisfaction with the FA or indeed with Chelsea.
Nevertheless, any official interest from the London club in the 27-year-old will be met with a polite “no” from Moyes and new United chief executive Ed Woodward.
United have long since had a simple policy in place that stops them selling top players to rivals in England. If players insist on leaving — as David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo did — then they will only be sold to the continent. One player — defender Mikel Silvestre — was sold to Arsenal by previous United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 2008 but the former France defender was way down the pecking order at that time.
More significantly, Ferguson fought tooth and nail to stop Argentina left back Gabriel Heinze joining Liverpool a year before that. The South American was eventually shipped out of Old Trafford to Real Madrid. — Mailonline.
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