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“You have to ask him.” It took only five words for Jose Mourinho to put Manchester United fans on alert to the possibility that Wayne Rooney could leave the club within a week.
Mourinho might have followed up by saying he will not force Rooney out of the club, but the message was clear. After 549 appearances and 250 goals, United’s greatest-ever goalscorer now knows that the manager is not going to break a sweat trying to keep him.
With the Chinese Premier League transfer window just six days away from closing, Rooney is the marquee name being linked with the cash-rich league, and Mourinho could have stopped the speculation dead in its tracks by saying there is no way he will allow his captain to leave United any time soon. That, though, was not his course of action.
“You will have to ask him,” he replied when asked if Rooney could leave before February 28. “I can’t guarantee I am here next week. I can’t guarantee that a player is here next season.
“If Wayne one day leaves the club it is not because I want him to leave the club. I will never push a legend of this club to another destiny. I am happy to have him.”
When asked directly once more if it was possible Rooney could be gone in a week, he again refused to rule it out: “You will have to ask him. I was very open in the answer.”
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