Rooney Vows To Win Fans Over

Wayne Rooney admits he must prove to fans that he is committed to Manchester United.

The 25-year-old received a mixed reception on his first appearance back at Old Trafford after coming on as a substitute during the 2-0 Premier League win against Wigan at the weekend.

However, the England international, fresh from his ankle injury and the week-long contract saga in October, looked back to his best as he made a scoring return in the UEFA Champions League victory against Rangers at Ibrox on Wednesday night.

And Rooney has vowed to do everything in his power to make the United faithful love him again.

Rooney said on MUTV prior to the Rangers clash: "Not all the fans are going to want to be singing my name all the time or going to want to be cheering me all the time and I fully accept that and understand that.

"But I have to go out and prove to the fans that I am here to stay and I want to work and I want to win things at this club.

"Only I can say how I feel and I know 100 per cent it was nothing to do with money.

"Once I sat down and spoke with the manager, spoke with the owners, they told me how the club was moving forward. The contract negotiations lasted two hours. If it was about money I'd be sitting down for days, months trying to sort that out."

Rooney also rejected claims that he had fallen out with manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who has been critical of the player's advisor Paul Stretford.

"In terms of any falling out with the manager, there's been no falling out whatsoever," he said.