The Gunners have been given private encouragement that Manchester United would be willing to sell them the England talisman after ruling out off-loading the 27-year-old to Chelsea.
The Gunners have privately been given encouragement that Manchester United could be willing to sell them England’s talisman in the last week of the window despite their public insistence that he is not for sale at any price.
The United are now determined not to
sell Rooney to Chelsea, whose manager Jose Mourinho has given the striker until
Wednesday at the latest to force through a move to Stamford Bridge.
However,
the Premier League champions are believed to be open to a £25 million-plus
offer for the player from Arsenal, who they do not regard as a fellow title
challenger.
Arsene
Wenger is poised to make his move at the end of the week if, as expected, the
Londoners secure qualification for the group stages of the Champions League by
overcoming Fenerbahce at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night after winning
3-0 in the first leg in Istanbul six days ago.
Arsenal
have turned their attention to Rooney after all but giving up hope of capturing
Luis Suarez from Liverpool or Karim Benzema from Real Madrid.
It
is expected that Wenger will sanction a bid of bid around the £25m mark for
Rooney, who has been the subject of two formal offers from Chelsea this summer.
United
manager David Moyes has insisted that the club do not want to sell Rooney and
maintained that stance after the 27-year-old’s impressive display in the goal-less
draw against Chelsea on Monday night in what was his first start of the season.
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