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Man City owners step back from push for Man Utd ace Rooney

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 11:02

Manchester City have distanced themselves from reports of a move for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

The Telegraph says City were Rooney’s intended destination until the U-turn of 16 months ago.

Now, though, Sheikh Mansour’s people are adamant they have no current interest in signing a player whose acquisition would bring them yet more problems in relation to Uefa’s financial fair-play rules.

Sergio Agüero, Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko now fill the gap Rooney might have plugged.

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Comments (1)

Submitted by EnViRgAa (not verified) on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 12:17.

'Prevaricate' means that somebody gives false and incriminating information.

Ironically, prevaricate is an anagram of Patrice Evra.

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Manchester City 38 28 5 5 64 89
Manchester United 38 28 5 5 56 89
Arsenal 38 21 7 10 25 70
Tottenham Hotspur 38 20 9 9 25 69
Newcastle United 38 19 8 11 5 65
Chelsea 38 18 10 10 19 64
Everton 38 15 11 12 10 56
Liverpool 38 14 10 14 7 52
Fulham 38 14 10 14 -3 52
West Bromwich Albion 38 13 8 17 -7 47
Swansea City 38 12 11 15 -7 47
Norwich City 38 12 11 15 -14 47
Sunderland 38 11 12 15 -1 45
Stoke City 38 11 12 15 -17 45
Wigan Athletic 38 11 10 17 -20 43
Aston Villa 38 7 17 14 -16 38
Queens Park Rangers 38 10 7 21 -23 37
Bolton Wanderers 38 10 6 22 -31 36
Blackburn Rovers 38 8 7 23 -30 31
Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 5 10 23 -42 25
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