{{Manchester United great Bobby Charlton has dismissed concerns about the future of striker Wayne Rooney by declaring there is “no way he will ever be allowed to move on”.}}<\/p>\n
Rooney was dropped from the United starting XI for last week’s Champions League loss to Real Madrid, which sparked media speculation about his future at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
However, manager Alex Ferguson stated he had no interest in letting Rooney leave, and subsequently named the 27-year-old in his team for Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
And Charlton says he cannot foresee Rooney leaving the club.<\/p>\n
“I don’t worry about Wayne Rooney,” Charlton said. “There is no way he will ever be allowed to move on, because that is not the way Sir Alex Ferguson works.<\/p>\n
“Wayne has been our regular goalscorer, and he scores fantastic goals. If he scores a great goal, he’ll think, ‘Right, I’ll get another one’. Not only that, he has an influence on the rest of the team.<\/p>\n
“Just because he has some competition, I don’t think that is a problem.”<\/p>\n
British media reports in recent weeks have suggested that United could be tempted to make a shock move to bring former star Cristiano Ronaldo back to the club from Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old received a rapturous reception on his return to Old Trafford last Tuesday but Charlton said there was no substance to the speculation that United were interesting in re-signing him.<\/p>\n
“Signing Ronaldo has never even been mentioned in any of our board meetings,” said Charlton, who made 758 appearances for United and remains the club’s leading goal-scorer.<\/p>\n
“But he did go beyond being just a great player for us. He was just the right sort of person Manchester United had been looking for.<\/p>\n
“But I once saw Real Madrid trying to get a player from another club and I didn’t think very highly of it. I didn’t think it was right then and I still don’t now.<\/p>\n
“Cristiano is a great player, who scores phenomenal goals and he loves the club but he is not our player.”<\/p>\n
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