Summary New Manchester United manager David Moyes has said that Wayne Rooney is not for sale.
MANCHESTER (AP) - After categorically stating that Wayne Rooney is not for sale, new Manchester United manager David Moyes was less forthcoming Friday about what the striker plans to do ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.
Rooney s future has been mired in uncertainty since he told Alex Ferguson that he wanted a transfer before the manager s surprise retirement in May.
The 27-year-old Rooney had grown frustrated at being dropped and substituted in key matches as Robin van Persie emerged as United s leading striker on the charge to a record-extending 20th English title.
But with two years remaining on Rooney s contract, United doesn t appear willing to allow the Moyes era to begin with a leading player joining a rival club.
"Wayne is not for sale," Moyes said at his first news conference since replacing Ferguson. "He s a Manchester United player and he will remain a Manchester United player."
When asked if Rooney had told him categorically that he no longer wanted to leave, Moyes responded evasively: "I can tell you categorically Wayne Rooney is training fantastically well in the last two days, that s all I can categorically tell you."
Rooney is yet to publicly discuss his push to leave United, which was first revealed by Ferguson, opting not to address the issue among his many tweets over the summer or when interviewed during United s Premier League trophy parade in May.
Moyes was Everton manager when Rooney was reluctantly sold to Ferguson s United in 2004.
