The 24-year-old was signed in 2010 by then manager Sir Alex Ferguson despite the fact the Scot had never seen him play.

Dutch dynamo Robin van Persie was sold for £24million from the north London club to their great rivals United in 2012 and Van Persie promptly racked up 30 goals to propel the Old Trafford outfit to a record 20th league title.

United are in the USA for a pre-season tour and while there will be certain promotional duties to attend to, Rooney is keen to impress new manager Louis van Gaal.

Dutchman Van Gaal gave his first press conference as United manager on Thursday

United behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in third spot as City way back in 49th in a North American sports dominated Forbes list.

Vision, preparation, transparency and delegation are the Dutchman’s key principals which he outlined to an audience of business experts on stage at FC Twente’s stadium in Enschede before he steered the Netherlands to third place at the World Cup.

Made from recycled bottles, each strip has the words ‘We are City’ on the inside of the neck as Manuel Pellegrini’s boys seek to land back-to-back league titles for the first time.

Spaniard Javi Garcia may not be carding a round at Royal Liverpool for the Open this week but showed he could certainly putt up a good show while on tour in Scotland with Manchester City.

Manchester United turned disabled fans away from Old Trafford, claims Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Van Gaal’s first home game at Old Trafford will be against Valencia on August 12, which will be the final pre-season game and has been dubbed as ‘Reunited14’

Samir Nasri celebrated striking a new five-year deal at Manchester City with a golf-themed prank on a club journalist.