Scholes: I think Rooney wants to leave Man United

Daniel Storey

Paul Scholes says that former Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney wants to leave Manchester United.

Rooney’s future has been open to intense speculation after dropping out of favour under Jose Mourinho.

There has been plenty of reported interest from China, and Scholes believes that Rooney will be hurting at his diminishing status.

“I don’t know if he should go but I think he will want to go,” Scholes told BT Sport before their coverage of Manchester United’s trip to St Etienne.

“Wayne is a player who wants to play football every week whether it’s a big or small game, and this will be hurting him.

“He’ll be getting frustrated, and I don’t see him hanging about if he’s not going to be playing in big games.