Alex Ferguson Has Said That Rooney Will Stay At Manchester United

Sir Alex Ferguson is adamant that Wayne Rooney still has a place in the club and will not be leaving in the summer.

The 27-year-olds future at United has been under much scrutiny lately since being surprisingly left out of the side's starting line up against Real Madrid in Tuesdays Champions League second leg at Old Trafford. Ferguson preferred Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck as his starters that night, with Rooney reduced to a shorter appearance in the second half.

This plan seemed fruitful at first with the side going 1-0 up, however after Nani was given a red card the sides play quickly deteriorated leading them to a 2-1 loss.

"The issue you're all going on about in the papers is absolute rubbish".

"There is absolutely no issue between Wayne Rooney and I. To suggest we don't talk to each other on the training ground is absolute nonsense".

"There are no issues with the player and he will be involved on Sunday".

"Wayne understood the reasons for not playing him. It was completely tactical and tactically we got it right. We don't always but we definitely did on Tuesday".

"Danny Welbeck is the best player we have in terms of operating in a double role".

"We had to choke Xabi Alonso's ability to control the game, which Danny did, and that took away Alonso's control of the game and his ability to go further forward and be an attacking player."