Rooney happy to remain at United

Wayne Rooney wants to stay at Manchester United, even if the lack of gametime is grating on the club’s alltime top scorer.

Rooney, 31, has made just 22 United starts across the competitions and continuing questions over his viability at the top level have fuelled talk that his future lies away from Old Trafford.

Rooney spoke on the eve of tonight’s Europa League semifinal second leg against Celta Vigo – United have a slender 1-0 lead – although his future rather than the tie formed the main line of questioning in the press conference.

“Of course you want to play, you want to play every game,” he said. “Sometimes that’s football.

“I’ve had to keep working and try to take my chances when I get the opportunity. That’s what I’ve done and when called upon I’ll try my best to help the team.”

United have no fresh injury concerns, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still out with a long-term knee injury.