Barcelona enter bidding war for Wayne Rooney
Double Footballer of the Year Rooney, 24, was last night with England’s squad in the Austrian Alps unaware Barcelona are already making discreet moves to take him to La Liga in an £80million deal.
It is an unwelcome development for United, who will not countenance such distractions after two successive summers of speculation surrounding the future of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Barcelona’s interest in Rooney has uncanny similarities with Real’s pursuit of Ronaldo and football power on the pitch and politics off it are interwoven in their interest in him.
