WAYNE ROONEY is ready to snub Arsenal and leave Manchester United for Chelsea this summer

WAYNE ROONEY is ready to snub Arsenal and leave Manchester United for Chelsea this summer.

Rooney will leave United unless new manager David Moyes backtracks on predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson's claim that the striker handed in a transfer request. If the England international does leave Old Trafford he will choose Chelsea ahead of Arsenal.

The striker is set to leave Old Trafford unless new manager David Moyes refutes Sir Alex Ferguson’s claim that he handed in a transfer request last season.

And Rooney has let it be known to Chelsea through intermediaries that he wants to come to Stamford Bridge to work under Jose Mourinho next season if no solution can be found to his situation at United.

Rooney, who is also being courted by Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, has told friends he wants to stay in England – and that if he has to leave United, Chelsea are his first option.

Chelsea are aware of Rooney’s wishes, but he is not top of the list of strikers they are aiming to sign this summer, with Napoli’s Edinson Cavani the man they really want.

Rooney, due for clear-the-air talks with Moyes next week, fears that if United were forced into a sale they would prefer him to go abroad and, if not, to Arsenal rather than Chelsea.

Arsenal’s second-largest shareholder Alisher Usmanov this week called for the club to sign Rooney, but Blues boss Mourinho is believed to be happy to work with the forward.

Rooney is still fuming that Ferguson publicly stated last season that the striker had handed in a transfer request, which he vehemently denies.

Meanwhile, Chelsea’s young Belgian Kevin De Bruyne has spoken to Mourinho and wants to stay at the Blues, who yesterday announced a new 10-year deal with Adidas worth £293million.

Adapted from Daily Express
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