Wayne Rooney quashes exit rumours

On Thursday it was noted the 27-year-old did not have the words Manchester United on his Twitter page, and instead referred to himself as an “athlete”.

Rooney, on his official Facebook page, said: “There’s a load of rubbish being written about me changing twitter bio saying I have deleted Manchester United from it.

“I have never deleted Manchester United from my Twitter bio no matter what the papers are saying because it was never on there.”