No go: Wayne Rooney has been left out of the Manchester United squad to face AIK Stockholm in Sweden
See you when we're back, Wayne: Bebe, Anderson and Rafael pass the time at Manchester Airport
Game for a laugh: Anders Lindegaard (left), Nemanja Vidic and Robin van Persie looked relaxed before leaving
United squad travelling to Sweden
Wayne Rooney has been left out of the Manchester United squad for the friendly against AIK Stockholm on Tuesday night.Manager David Moyes had insisted the pre-season fixture would see the wantaway striker return to the first-team squad.
United insist Rooney, a transfer target for Chelsea, is not fit to play because he injured his shoulder in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Real Betis.
Anders
Lindegaard, Ben Amos; Rafael, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones,
Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic; Anderson, Bebe, Michael Carrick, Ryan
Giggs, Nani, Wilfried Zaha, Angelo Henriquez, Shinji Kagawa, Robin van
Persie, Danny Welbeck.
Moyes
said: 'Wayne hurt his shoulder in a fall during a match on Saturday.
It's not too serious and I don't expect it to keep him out for too long.
'I'm disappointed he's missing the game because we were keen to get him back involved and ready to play.'
His absence will only fuel
suspicion he is on his way out of Old Trafford after a dramatic
falling-out with former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson last season.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has made Rooney his No 1 priority and the Blues have
had two bids, the latest one for £25million, turned down.
Poster boy: Manchester United had flagged up the friendly in Stockholm as Rooney's public return
Moyes has repeatedly stressed
that Rooney is going nowehere and a United spokesman said on Monday: 'A
bid was received yesterday and immediately rejected. Our position
remains that he is not for sale.'
Rooney
himself, however, was unimpressed by the manager's remarks that he
would effectively have to be an understudy to main striker Robin van
Persie and the England forward is expected to hand in a formal transfer request this week.
This
is the second injury to have affected Rooney this pre-season. He flew
home from Thailand earlier in July with a hamstring problem.
Roo's missing: David Moyes takes his squad to Sweden for a friendly clash with AIK Stockholm on Tuesday
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