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title: "No new contract for Arsenal and Chelsea target"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/no-new-contract-for-arsenal-and-chelsea-target/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Aidan McCartney"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2013-07-14T12:00:12Z"
modified: "2013-07-14T12:00:12Z"
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# No new contract for Arsenal and Chelsea target

![rooney.jpg](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cristiano-ronaldo-553-wayne-rooney-playing-with-the-new-manchester-united-jersey-for-2012-2013.jpg)Joe Bernstein from [Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2362740/Manchester-United-plans-offer-Wayne-Rooney-new-contract.html?ITO=socialnet-twitter-dmailsports&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=socialnet-twitter-dmailsports) has popped into the Football Transfer Tavern to tell Manchester United supporters that the club have no plans to offer unsettled striker Wayne Rooney a contract extension and want to assess his form before discussing it.

Rooney, who has been the subject of a failed bid from Arsenal and has interest from Chelsea, still has two-years remaining on his reported £250,000-a-week wages but he could be set for an early departure from Old Trafford.

Chief Executive Ed Woodward said: “There are no contract renewals that are being discussed. I am not  sitting down with any player on an extension and there is no trigger date in the diary.

“Would we be afraid to run a contract down? Of course not.”

The England international has returned from United’s pre-season tour of Asia with a hamstring injury and he could have now played his last game in a United jersey with suitors lining up for a possible summer swoop.

New Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has repeated his admiration of the 26-year-old former Everton striker, saying: “He is a player I like very much but I can’t say much more. He is fast and direct and I like him. But he is a Manchester United player.”

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