Van Nistelrooy dismisses Barca move

Ruud van Nistelrooy has dismissed the “wild rumours” linking him with a summer move to Barcelona.

The prolific Dutch striker is a reported target of the Catalan giants and his agent Rodger Linse suggested in a radio interview yesterday that van Nistelrooy would not be adverse to quitting Old Trafford for the Nou Camp.

However, van Nistelrooy, who will miss tonight’s Barclaycard Premiership encounter with Leicester with a knee injury, has given short shrift to the reports.

“I am happy at Manchester United,” the striker told www.manutd.com.

“I recently signed a new contract and I wouldn’t have committed my future to the club if I wasn’t happy.

“I am enjoying my football, the fans are second to none, and any reports of me leaving are just wild rumours.”