Wayne Rooney not for sale at any price – Man Utd

Manchester United chief executive David Gill has told the press that Wayne Rooney is not for sale for any price

Rooney is in excellent form and has scored 21 goals this season which has spurred an interest from European like Real Madrid & Barcelona

But Gill said: “Unless Alex agreed to it, we would not accept an offer, regardless of the value, for a player we want to keep.”

“We didn’t get Benzema but we did offer 35m Euros,” said Gill.

“It was just one phone call to the States saying we would like to make an offer for him 35m Euros and they said ‘fine’. We did it, but he went to Real for something like over 40m Euros.

“But Alex has gone on record saying that was too much.”

“Wayne has a contract through until 2012,” said Gill. “He has gone on record to say he wants to stay and we want him to stay.

“I’m sure that will be addressed in the close season. We hope that would be the case as we want to put him on a new, long-term contract. He’s 24 and got the best years of his life ahead of him.

“Very few players, particularly UK-based players, want to leave Manchester United.”

And Gill’s pledge to keep hold of Rooney, was backed up by the player himself who spoke of his desire to remain at United.

“This is my club and I’m very happy here,” said Rooney.

“My family live 30 minutes away. I’m perfectly happy and there is no reason to play my football anywhere else. Manchester United are the biggest club in the world.”

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