Mourinho gives no guarantees on Rooney future at Manchester United

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was coy on questions over Manchester United all time scorer, Wayne Rooney’s future at the club as he confirmed the striker was still not fit enough to return for their Europa League clash with Saint-Etienne.

There have been rumours that Rooney, who is no longer an integral part of the United side under Mourinho, could eventually leave for the mega-rich Chinese Super League.
“You have to ask him,” said Mourinho on Tuesday when asked if there was any chance the 31-year-old could follow in
the footsteps of the likes of former United team-mate Carlos Tevez and move there before the transfer window
closes next week.

“Of course I can’t guarantee (he will be here). I can’t guarantee that I’m here next week, how can I guarantee that a player is here next season?”
Mourinho, though, insisted he wants Rooney to stay, saying: “I would never
push, or try to push, a legend of this club to another destiny.”

Rooney trained with his United team-mates in Manchester on Tuesday morning but was not part of the 20-man squad that flew to France for today's last 32 second leg.

Asked if he would be fit for Sunday’svEnglish Football League Cup final against
Southampton, Mourinho was non-committal.
“I don’t know. This was the first time he trained and didn’t even train 100 percent with the group,” the Portuguese
boss told reporters at Saint-Etienne’s Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

“He is injured, I cannot do miracles at that level,” said the boss.

“Rooney is injured, he (has been) injured for two or three weeks.
“When you don’t have a player, you have others. The team is in a good moment. In the past few months we’ve lost only one
game and it was one we could lose as it was a two-legged match.”