Wayne Rooney could be offered an unlikely route out of Manchester United by Spanish giants Real Madrid this summer.
With Rooney now in to the last 18 months of his contract at Old Trafford and unlikely to sign a new one, he knows that there is no way United will sell him to one of their own domestic rivals.
However, it has emerged that Real have the 28-year-old on a list of three centre forward targets this summer, behind Manchester City's Sergio Aguero and Monaco's unsettled Colombian goalscorer Radamel Falcao.
With City highly unlikely to let Aguero go and Falcao tied in to a long contract in the south of France, Rooney would represent a cheaper option for Madrid who are by all accounts attracted by his form this season and the fact he can play as a front-running striker or as a number ten.
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti knows all about Rooney from his own time at Chelsea, of course, but the real driving force behind any move is president Florentino Perez, who has been an admirer of the England star for some time.
United will try to resist any attempts by Madrid to force through a transfer, happier to let Rooney run down his contract and leave for free in the summer of 2015.
Just at the weekend, informed that Chelsea's Jose Mourinho had predicted Rooney would be sold abroad this summer, manager David Moyes said: 'I disagree'.
Worryingly for Moyes right now, meanwhile, is the fact that neither Rooney or his strike partner Robin van Persie trained as expected.
It is understood that Van Persie has been held back while Rooney's groin is only giving him a 50-50 chance of playing in the Barclays Premier League game against Cardiff next Tuesday. Neither player will feature in the Capital One Cup against Sunderland.
With Rooney now in to the last 18 months of his contract at Old Trafford and unlikely to sign a new one, he knows that there is no way United will sell him to one of their own domestic rivals.
However, it has emerged that Real have the 28-year-old on a list of three centre forward targets this summer, behind Manchester City's Sergio Aguero and Monaco's unsettled Colombian goalscorer Radamel Falcao.
With City highly unlikely to let Aguero go and Falcao tied in to a long contract in the south of France, Rooney would represent a cheaper option for Madrid who are by all accounts attracted by his form this season and the fact he can play as a front-running striker or as a number ten.
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti knows all about Rooney from his own time at Chelsea, of course, but the real driving force behind any move is president Florentino Perez, who has been an admirer of the England star for some time.
United will try to resist any attempts by Madrid to force through a transfer, happier to let Rooney run down his contract and leave for free in the summer of 2015.
Just at the weekend, informed that Chelsea's Jose Mourinho had predicted Rooney would be sold abroad this summer, manager David Moyes said: 'I disagree'.
Worryingly for Moyes right now, meanwhile, is the fact that neither Rooney or his strike partner Robin van Persie trained as expected.
It is understood that Van Persie has been held back while Rooney's groin is only giving him a 50-50 chance of playing in the Barclays Premier League game against Cardiff next Tuesday. Neither player will feature in the Capital One Cup against Sunderland.
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