David Moyes says Wayne Rooney not for sale by Manchester United

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Manchester United's new manager David Moyes has started his reign by insisting unsettled striker Wayne Rooney will not be sold.
On Friday, Moyes made his first public appearance since succeeding the retired Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford - and Rooney's future was at the top of the agenda.
"Wayne Rooney is not for sale. He's a Manchester United player and will remain a Manchester United player. Wayne won't be sold by Manchester United," the former Everton boss said.
Moyes, however, refused to say whether Rooney had expressed a desire to stay.
Ferguson said the 27-year-old striker had asked to leave at the end of last season - although Rooney is believed to contest Ferguson's suggestion he wanted to quit United.
Moyes explained he had spoken to Rooney, who has been linked with Arsenal and Chelsea, "several times" since being appointed.
"Whatever happened before has gone now," insisted the new United boss.
"We are working together now. I have seen a glint in his eye, he looks happy and looks as if he is going to knuckle down."
Moyes said Rooney's meeting with Ferguson "was a private meeting between two people".
"I was not privy to it," added Moyes. "I don't know what those two gentlemen said. That conversation was private and as far as I am concerned I'm looking forward to working with Wayne."
And Moyes declared all his efforts were now going into improving Rooney's condition and form for club and country, with the player hoping to figure for England at the World Cup in Brazil next summer.
The Scot added: "We are working and trying everything to get Wayne to the level where everybody can benefit. I can tell you categorically Wayne is training fantastically well."
United captain Nemanja Vidic, sitting alongside Moyes at his introductory news conference, added: "Wayne has trained really well and is in the best shape for the last five years."
Moyes refused to be drawn on transfer moves for United old boy Cristiano Ronaldo and Everton's Leighton Baines after having a £12m bid rejected for the England left-back.
Moyes said: "I will never speak about players at other clubs. I think it's wrong. But this club is always interested in the best players."
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Oct 2010:
The squad is too weak, I'm the only good player at this club so I wanna leave.
Sir Alex doubles his wages, signs Young, De Gea, Kagawa, RVP and more.
May 2013:
I'm no longer the star player at this club, all the new signings are playing better and are ahead of me in the pecking order so I wanna leave.
There's just no pleasing him is there?
Give me 250k a year and i would do anything my employers wanted to get me fit.
There are 19 other teams in the Premier League, Phil. Please do try to stop making the BBC football website a poor relation of a school boy's Man Utd fanzine.
Now Rooney is staying with Utd I expect he will be 'world class' again after disgusted Utd fans from Surrey have been slagging him off for the last few months.....
I am suprisd they didnt say please say he is for sale so we have something to write about.
This is the first time I have ever seen you post an article on a Manchester United article, normally just on LFC articles.
And even now, while on your own fans forums you are talking about "your rivals"
So funny !
Don't you see the irony ??
What about the other clubs in the PL?
Everyone pays their licence fees, not just Manchester United fans.
'Rooney logic:
May 2013:
I'm no longer the star player .............. so I wanna leave'
Rooney was dropped for the biggest game of the season by a vindictive Ferguson as was Beckham 10 years earlier for the same reason with the same result - a loss.
For all of Ferguson's achievements Utd under achieved in Europe
Good luck Mr. Moyes, I for one believe in you.
The point is, whatever policy the owners may have followed, this didn't stop United winning titles and other significant trophies.
To be fair, most LFC fans hated the amount of articles on Suarez, wanting to defend their clubs rep against the indefensible actions of their best player. I still can't get over the madness in Daveindevons fingers that day
Please keep hold of him Man Utd. He'd be a total waste of money for Arsenal. We don't want him.
Bergkamp (326 games) 87 goals, 49 assists
Cantona (156 games) , 70 goals, 3 assists
Zola (241 games), 59 goals, 25 assists
Matt le tisser(286 games), 102 goals, 5 assists
Rooney (346 games) , 156 goals, 80 assists
Recent: (last 3 seasons)
Mata: (60) , 18 goals, 26 assists
Silva: (92) , 14 goals, 32 assists
Rooney (79), 50 goals, 28 assists
Mata:
Not saying he's terrible, just that I don't think he'd be of any benefit to us.
If aiming for controversy, could we burn money on Suárez? He's better media value and on top of that, banned from playing for a decent part of the season.
I heard they grew it on his back-side.
Sick and tired of this, just let him go.