Mancini: Rooney would struggle to cross divide

ROBERTO MANCINI has left open the door for new signings at Manchester City in January – but claimed Wayne Rooney would have a far harder job crossing the divide from Old Trafford than Carlos Tevez had last summer.

Rooney seems to have slammed the door Alex Ferguson claimed he had left open to his Manchester United career with a statement last night that cited the Red Devils’ lack of ambition for his decision to quit.

It is an accusation that you certainly could not level at City, who have spent huge sums of Sheikh Mansour’s vast wealth in rapidly climbing the Barclays Premier League ladder.