Arsenal legend Ian Wright has urged Manchester United fans not to boo Wayne Rooney.
In his column for The Sun, Wright wrote: "Wayne Rooney seems to have become Public Enemy No 1 to loads of Manchester United supporters.
"But for all the rights and wrongs of conducting last week's contract wrangling in the public glare, I do think those fans are missing a crucial point here.
"Haven't they spent the past two years protesting about the owners milking the club and putting nothing back in?
"Haven't they grown more and more frustrated and furious at losing Cristiano Ronaldo then Carlos Tevez, while nothing like that quality replaced them?
"For Heaven's sake hasn't an entire cottage industry selling green and gold anti-Glazer hats, scarves and banners sprung up on the back of it?
"Well, last week should have seen all those fuming fans celebrating that suddenly here was their figurehead marquee player voicing those self-same concerns.
"Worries about where and when United would bring in the genuine world-class names a club that size surely demands.
"Worries over how they are planning to replace golden oldies like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes in particular when there's clearly not that top quality coming through the ranks.
"Instead of wanting to hang Rooney from the rafters, they should have been cheering him for having the balls to say what every United supporter has been thinking for ages.
"The whole thing could have been handled better, from both sides and for that, Rooney's representatives should take a long, hard look at themselves."