ROONEY KUSAINI MKATABA MPYA MAN U

Wayne Rooney is expected to sign a new five-and-a-half-year
contract with Manchester United this week that will increase his

wages to about £300,000 per week.
The 28-year-old England striker is close to committing his future to
the Old Trafford club until June 2019, with an outline agreement
having been reached between club and player.
Rooney joined United from Everton in August 2004. His current deal
runs until summer 2015 and is worth £250,000 a week.
The new deal would signal a turnaround in the forward's future at Old
Trafford after former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that
Rooney had asked for a transfer towards the end of last season - a
claim the player denied.
He was linked with a move to Chelsea last summer and the Blues had
more than one bid for the player rejected, as new boss David Moyes
insisted he wanted to keep his former Everton charge at Old Trafford.
If he does commit to United, Rooney would face the prospect of
missing out on Champions League football next season, with United
currently seventh in the Premier league and 11 points behind the final
qualification place.
Rooney, who returned to first-team action at the end of January after
nearly a month out with an injury, has made 28 club appearances this
season and scored 11 goals.