Rooney adamant long-term future remains at United

WAYNE ROONEY insists his long-term future remains at Manchester United as he looks set to make his first start for nearly two months in tonight’s Champions League tie with Rangers at Ibrox.

It will be the first time he has started since that stunning week in October which began with claims he wanted to leave Old Trafford and ended with him signing a five-year contract.

There have been claims in the meantime that Rooney has fallen out with a number of his team-mates and, after he was pictured smoking on holiday with wife Coleen in Dubai, it has been suggested the new contract is only a way for United to maximise their return on the 25-year-old should they decide to sell at the end of the season.