Manchester United supremo Ed Woodward has sent Chelsea a ‘terse’ letter warning them to make no new bids for Wayne Rooney. Chief executive Woodward - backed by the champions' American owners - put his views in writing in a ‘Dear Roman...’ message aimed to block a new bid. United have turned down two offers for unsettled Rooney from the Roman Abramovich-owned Londoners and are expected to knock back a third. Woodward hope that the letter - which asks Chelsea not to make any further bids and to stop commenting on Rooney, while spelling out United have no intention of selling the England forward - would see an end to the summer-long transfer saga. However, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho plans to go to £40million for Rooney on Monday, when the two sides play at Old Trafford. He also wants to know if United are prepared to compromise on their public position over the player’s future. After Chelsea’s win over Aston Villa on Wednesday, the Special One said: “We did (bid) before and we will do later, but I think this period [ahead of Monday's match] – from the ethical point of view – is a period when we are going to be quiet and just thinking about that game.” In private, Mourinho is bullish about his chances of landing Rooney before the September 2 transfer deadline. Chelsea know it will be hard to land their Plan B - Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski - but want a clear answer from United on Rooney before going official with that option. The Stamford Bridge club believe that an identical £40m offer, plus a £300,000-a-week wages package, may yet prise the Pole from Germany. Woodward sent a letter to Everton recently, apologising for the way the appointment of new manager David Moyes was handled. Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...nsfer-manchester-united-2206730#ixzz2cjiVCbVv Follow us: @DailyMirror on Twitter | DailyMirror on Facebook
Jose will talk to the press at 12pm GMT ahead of #mufc game and is expected to clarify Mata, Willian and Rooney situations.
Maureen thinks he is being clever playing these mind games. Let's see whether they work or not on Moyes and the team. They make big copy for the press but I doubt they have an effect on the team. I know it has only been one match but so far so good. Maureen for all the hype has needed a lot of luck and a lot of help from the (corrupted ) refs to win two home matches...against MIGHTY Hull and Villa.
What help did we need from refs to beat Hull? The never looked anything like getting anything from their game against us? We battered them in the first half, then sat back in the second and let the timer tick down, much like a big boxer holding a little guys head while he is swinging for him. Villa, yes, we got some dodgy decisions in that one and Villa would have been good for a point, but Hull.....what match were you watching?
Moyes repeating Rooney not for sale. 'I hardly need to repeat it. It doesn't need to be said.' #MUFC #CFC
"When you own a player, you have a contract with a player for a long time, even if the player wishes to leave - and sometimes that happens," Mourinho said. "That contradiction happens. The player wants to leave, the club wants to keep (him). "We (managers) have to make a decision one way or another way. We have to persuade the player to stay, or the player persuades us to sell."
David Moyes ''Wayne has got a good chance of playing, he’s got a good chance of playing against Chelsea, a good chance of starting.'' #MUFC
I think he needs to do a bit less laying around and more shuttle runs. Jabba the Hutt lay in his bed for thirty years and he was **** all use up front.
Whether he starts or not is not going to make any impact on his decision to leave. A bad game should not persuade us to sell to the Chavs either. If the example of arsenal selling RVP to us is not a lesson to all then there is no hope for Moyes or Woodward
Mourinho: "Let's say we make the bid, and they say no again, what do we lose? One e-mail. Why keep an unhappy player" #CFC #MUFC (DailyStar)
If the telegraph is to be believed Jose pursuit of Rooney is dead in the water ,instead he will turn his attention to Eto'o.
