Injury smokescreens for Rooney?

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has sustained a hamstring injury, forcing him to travel home from the Red Devils pre-season tour of Thailand.

Manager David Moyes has recently stated that the powerful England striker is not for sale despite mounting speculation of his future. Rooney, 27, is expected to out for a month.

Moyes has also stated, just prior to the injury that Rooney was is the best shape he has been for years. Saying that his team-mates had commented on Wayne being fitter than they had ever seen him, only to suffer an injury that would force him to travel all the way home a few hours later. Suspicious behaviour, or maybe it's just a very unfortunate coincidence...

The new Manchester United boss has said that the club "wont take any chances" saying that there is "no point in taking him any further around the world".

Rooney felt the hamstring tighten at the end of United first training session and was immediately flown home from Bangkok.

Today we are hearing today, that Rooney was already carrying a suspected injury before United left for Thailand. Moyes thought that the hamstring niggle would be okay. Now Rooney has suddenly been sent home to United Aon training complex. I smell a rat...

Now, the sceptical ones of us will believe that there is more than meets the eye here. I don't understand why Rooney could not have stayed with his team whilst they are competing in Asia. I think it would probably even benefit Wayne and the team having stay out there. This would allow any morale that may have been damaged by his transfer request to be rebuilt with his team mates if he is to stay, as we are led to believe. Maybe everything is fine, maybe everyone loves Wayne, perhaps they all think he deserves a rest. If we are to believe that the injury is only a "small grade one", I can not see why Wayne is unable to stay on tour. To be immediately sent home send alarms bells ringing. Here's my thoughts...

My personal opinion is that this could be a smokescreen story as Rooney flies home for talks regarding his next destination. Whether or not Man Utd have received a bid for Rooney is un clear, but it could well be the case. It could also be the case that they do not want Rooney to sustain further injury, which could damage any imminent move in the near future. Hey, maybe they just want one of their star players fully fit for their title defence at Swansea on August 17th. Who knows? 

I'll stick my neck out here and I'm going to say that Wayne Rooney will become a Chelsea player. We've all heard about interest from Arsenal, but I just can not see what they would have to offer for him. PSG are another team who are said to be monitoring the situation, but I just don't see Rooney taking to living in another country. Wayne Rooney is hardly the cultured David Beckham is he? Glamorous lifestyle choices are not what drive Rooney, I'm pretty sure he'd be just as happy in a Manchester council flat as he would be living in a penthouse in beautiful Monaco or Paris. Wayne's about football, and at United, he's not the main man. Sometimes all I have to do is look at Wayne's body language on the pitch and it is obvious he's not happy being Robin Van Persie's sidekick. Isn't Robin traditionally the sidekick? Never-mind.

Everyone knows of Mourinho's admiration of Wayne Rooney. Jose has admitted he is a huge fan of the potential transfer target. The Chelsea manager remained coy on the situation regarding Rooney saying "it's a tricky question because I can not speak about players from other teams... But you know me, I always say what I think." Mourinho went onto to speak of Rooneys talent saying "he is a player I like very much" but did continue to reiterate that Rooney was a Manchester United player. 

Chelsea look set to have missed out of Edison Cavani who is destined for French champions PSG, and with Demba Ba reportedly leaving Stamford Bridge either on loan or permanently, Chelsea are more than likely be in the market for a new striker.

Rooney is yet to state that he is happy to stay at Old Trafford. Is this a subtle tapping up of Rooney by Mourinho? Have the mind games already begun? Brace yourselves for this sage to take another twist, Rooney could well become a Chelsea FC player. Watch this space...