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Meet United’s new captain Posted: 27 Jan 2014 12:40 AM PST “Wayne said that we should have pursued Mesut Özil. My reply was that it was none of his business who we should have gone for. I told him it was his job to play and perform,” said Sir Alex Ferguson in his autobiography, as he explains his opinion over Wayne Rooney’s desire to leave Old Trafford in October 2010 when the club, according to Rooney, wasn’t ambitious enough. How times change. Three and half years on since that day, Rooney has won other two Premier League titles with United, seen the man that had not too subtly told him to mind his business depart, before threatening to leave the club himself, only to become United’s player of the season, so far. And there’s a lot more to come as far as Rooney and Manchester United are concerned, for not only are United and their star man edging closer to finalise a deal that could be worth up to £300,000-a-week, a significant increase on the already staggering £250,000-a-week contract in place now, but Rooney will be made captain sooner rather than later. Rooney’s performances this season have done enough to guarantee him a new deal – one dare not to imagine where United would sit on the table had they sold him to Chelsea last summer – and considering that his current contract expires in 18 months, it’s perhaps a smart decision by United to tie their striker to a long-term deal, thus minimising the distractions generated by potential suitors circling around Rooney for the next couple of months. However, reports emerging today highlight how Rooney has been given an enormous amount of hindsight over the club business, a sharp change of policy from the Sir Alex Ferguson era when, as made abundantly clear in the first paragraph, the players’ job was “to play and perform”. According to the Guardian, The Times and other publications, Rooney was informed by David Moyes of United’s intentions to submit a club-record offer for Juan Mata and has also spoken at length to Ed Woodward and members of the Glazers family, as he sought insurances over their future plans for the club. Rooney “has been trusted with transfer-market information and kept in the loop about possible signings in a move that acknowledges his importance to the club and a recognition, at the highest level within Old Trafford, that a player of Rooney’s stature deserves to know whether a team who have been struggling all season have the financial muscle and ambition to put it right.” The tactic seems to have worked a treat, with Rooney set to sign a new contract at Old Trafford sooner rather than later, which will keep him United until he’s 33, which has prompted some to doubt the wisdom of giving such a long contract to a man who’ll turn 30 next year and whose body has taken a battering, as Rooney himself admitted in his latest autobiography. The promise of a new contract and United’s “VIP treatment” as one paper puts it, look to have finally convinced Rooney that United will not listen to any offer coming from Chelsea over the summer, much as they rebuffed Jose Mourinho’s two bids in August. Have we heard the end of this story yet? Probably not.

United turn down offer for youngster Posted: 27 Jan 2014 12:07 AM PST Having done much of the wheeling and dealing over the last couple of days and having invested significant money on Juan Mata and on Wayne Rooney’s new contract – which is close to be finalised – Manchester United have been given a taste of their own medicine as they received a bid for Adnan Januzaj. The bid, described as “significant” by the Guardian arrives as somewhat of a surprise, given that the Belgian put pen to paper on new five-year deal in October and David Moyes has since reiterated that he will not even consider the opportunity to send Januzaj on loan, let alone selling him. Having made his debut against Crystal Palace earlier this season, Januzaj netted twice on his first start as United came from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 and hasn’t looked back since, developing into one of the Premier League’s brightest talents and, rather more alarmingly as far as Moyes is concerned, into one of the most important players at United, despite being only 18. PSG, alongside with the likes of Juventus and Barcelona had hoped to snatch Januzaj away from Old Trafford earlier in the season, when the impasse over a new deal seemed poised to lead to a repeat of the fiasco that surrounded Paul Pogba’s departure, but were left disappointed as the youngster committed his future to United. The Ligue 1 leaders, however, have kept their interest alive and submitted a new bid, which United turned down immediately, as David Moyes insisted that he won’t allow the Belgian to leave, given he considers Januzaj capable to become one of the best players in the world. With United six points behind Liverpool, who currently occupy fourth spot, a Champions League place is far from ensured and Januzaj could find himself courted a lot more intensively over the next couple of months, with a couple of clubs that could be tempted into testing Moyes’ resolve. PSG, meanwhile, have also submitted a £14m bid for Newcastle man Yohan Cabaye, an offer which was immediately refused and which could, according to reports, allow United back in the race for the French midfielder, with a fee of around £25m thought to be enough to lure Cabaye away from the North East. Dan Follow @mufc_dan87

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