Wayne Rooney offered captaincy to seal Manchester United stay

Manchester United manager David Moyes has offered captaincy to Wayne Rooney, who has only 18 months left on his current contract, with a staggering 65 million pounds deal in a bid to seal his stay for the team.

Juan Mata has already been captured from Chelsea in a 37 million pounds club record deal and is expected to be the first signing in a 200 million pounds transformation of the fading Premier League champions, Express.co.uk reports.

United’s hierarchy have also opened talks with Rooney’s representative Paul Stretford over a new long-term deal likely to make him the Premier League’s best paid player on more than 300,000 pounds a week, the report added.