Manchester United boss David Moyes wants to bring out the best in Wayne Rooney.

Moyes has privately put his arm around the player's shoulder.

"It's a chance for me to get Wayne right back to where he was," Moyes told the Mail on Sunday. "But I've also got to make sure we don't just concentrate on him. Manchester United aren't about Wayne Rooney. Manchester United are about the team, the club. We are talking about him now, and rightly so, but what I won't allow is Wayne to become more important than the football club and the football team.

"It's going to take time to see how I work with the players, and that applies to Wayne as well."