Rooney names the team he dreamed of leaving Man United for

Wayne Rooney dreamed of joining Barcelona after expressing his desire to leave Manchester United in 2010.

Rooney stunned Man United in October 2010 by explaining that he wanted to move elsewhere because of a lack of “assurances about the continued ability of the club to attract the top players in the world”.

The England international handed in a transfer request that was soon rescinded and replaced with a fresh five-year contract. Well played.


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A controversial transfer to Manchester City was speculated on at the time but Rooney insists that was “never” on the table, with Barcelona his preferred destination of the three on offer.

“I think it was well documented that Chelsea and Mourinho wanted to sign me,” Rooney told the UTD Podcast.

“There was Real Madrid, Barcelona and the Man City thing keeps cropping up, but there was never the option for me to go there. Although there were rumours on that as well, but the other three, really, were more realistic options.

“In my head, at the time, in that two-day period, I was ready to go and play in Spain. Ideally, I would have liked to have gone to Barcelona, but it was looking more likely to be Real Madrid than Barcelona. Chelsea were always there as well.

“After a couple of days, I spoke to David Gill again and when there were those protests at my house, I’d actually already agreed to sign the new contract by that time. I was thinking ‘Jesus’, it was three o’clock in the morning and I didn’t fancy going out to calm down 20 or 30 lads with their hoods up!

“I think, at the time, I was looking at clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona. To be honest, it was two or three days where there was communication between myself and them, or my representatives and team.

“I remember sitting down for one day and thinking ‘imagine playing in that Barcelona team – Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets’. And at that time Messi wasn’t playing the way he plays now, as a No. 9 for instance. He was out wide.

“I was thinking I could have slotted in perfectly. I could have come to the ball as well and have players running in behind. I remember thinking about that, but the biggest thing for me was it was sorted out – I had good conversations with David Gill to get it sorted.”

 

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