Rooney's desire to leave Man U prompted by position switch

ByaseL · 2013-10-10T11:29:32+00:00

Wayne Rooney has explained that he wanted to leave Manchester United this summer because he was being played out of position by Sir Alex Ferguson. Rooney was the subject of bids from Chelsea after it became apparent he was willing to leave Old Trafford and the striker, speaking ahead of Englands World Cup qualifier against Montenegro on Friday, has explained the cause of his discontent. According to Rooney, Fergusons decision to use him in midfield occasionally following the signing of Robin van Persie forced him to consider a future away from United. "Everyone at the club knew where I wanted to play and I think that's why I was disappointed, Rooney said. I got told to play in midfield and I didn't want to. I just think there had to come a point when, for my own career, I had to be a bit selfish really. "I actually felt when I played in midfield I did okay, but I didn't want to play there. I've had no problem in the past playing out of position. But I felt I deserved the right to play in my position and that wasn't happening." At the time, Rooney never complained publicly about his changing role under Alex Ferguson - and he even went wrote on Twitter a year ago that he was "really enjoying my new midfield role".

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Start date Oct 10, 2013

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