Boss: Put This Rooney Saga To Bed

Sir Alex Ferguson is to hold a meeting with David Gill at 10am on Thursday morning in an attempt to "put to bed" the developing saga around Wayne Rooney's future.

Rooney released a statement shortly before United's match with Bursaspor on Wednesday night, reiterating what Sir Alex confirmed on Tuesday - that he does not want to sign a new contract.

But the United boss says he doesn't want the issue to affect the team and says he will decide the club's next plan of action on Thursday morning.

"I have a meeting at 10am with David [Gill], who has spoken to the owners tonight," he said. "We don’t want this to carry on. We don’t want it to become a saga. We’ve got the team to consider and an important game on Sunday. It’ll be the end of it tomorrow.

"If we carry on talking about one individual, dominating all of the headlines and all of our thoughts, then we're not doing our job. Nipping it in the bud is the key to it and that's what we'll do."