Agent Claims That Manchester United Captain Wayne Rooney Was Offered to Italian Side Napoli

An agent has claimed that Manchester United managerJose Mourinho offered his captain to Italian side Napoli in a desperate bid to offload him.

According toGoal, the agent, Vincenzo Morabito, also suggest that Mourinho and Rooney have a strained relationship.

RooneyremainedUnited captain when the Portuguese took over the reins from Louis van Gaal, but has lost his place in the team after a string of below-par performances.

The England captain alsofaces strongcompetition for places with the likes of Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Juan Mata, JesseLingered, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Zlatan Ibrahimovic as a central striker.

Despite this, England's all-time record scorer, withthree goals this season, is just a goal shy of Sir Bobby Charlton's United scoring record.

Rooney also became United's all time European top scorer with his goal against Feyenoord.

However,Morabito, a well knownintermediary between the Premier League and Serie Asays the 31-year-old could have been playing in Italy this season.

"I know for a fact that he was offered to Napoli as he can't go to other English clubs, which could lead him to Spain and Italy," Morabito said.

"He was, I repeat, offered to Napoli. While the idea is beautiful, when you look at his €10 million-a year salary, it isn't realistic.

"He certainly doesn't have a good relationship with Mourinho, and therefore his future is far from United, even on loan, to give them more room."

Rooney recently started in United's most recent fixture, a 2-1 Premier League win over Crystal Palace, courtesy of a late goal by Ibrahimovic.

The Red's next fixture is a Premier League tie against West Brom Saturday evening.

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