Opinion: 3 Ways How Manchester United Can Manage Without Rooney

Wayne Rooney’s time for Manchester United could be coming to an end with the striker being injured for quite a while this season. It isn’t just that, his age isn’t on his side either and the way he has performed for the club, he probably won’t be playing a lot of games in the coming season either.

Manchester United did have an apparent interest from a Chinese Super League club to sign Rooney but that didn’t take place up to now but it could take place in the future and that would be great news for Rooney and United.

Rooney would get a bumper pay deal to end his career and Manchester United would get a bucket load of cash for the English striker, not only that China would also be able to attract more followers for their league.

The question that would arise is what would be the case of Manchester United; here we look at three ways as to how United would manage without having the English captain in the side.

1. Money for a new striker

No player is bigger than the club is what they say and Manchester United are probably the biggest club in England at the moment, even after they have struggled since Alex Ferguson left the club.

Wayne Rooney might be sold for big bucks but even if he isn’t, Manchester United will be spending a lot of money to get a new striker in. There have been talks about getting the Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang into the side and that could be a great way to get United firing all over again.

2. Martial plays up top

If they don’t actually spend money on a striker but on some of the other positions, United will have the option of playing Anthony Martial up top. The young French forward certainly has done well in certain games and if he is played as the focal point of the attack, he could really do well.

Martial has the pace, movement and the finishing which can make him a household name but he isn’t played in that position all too often, maybe selling Wayne Rooney off can release the shackles off the Frenchman.

3. No need to force him into the team

There have been times where it has seemed that Manchester United and Louis van Gaal have had to force to the English captain into the team. Rooney’s presence does affect the team overall and even the likes of Ander Herrera isn’t given a chance to play all that much.

Rooney hasn’t brought enough to the team, he does bring one or two flashes of brilliance but barring that he has been poor this year for the Red Devils. Selling him might be the best deal United can come up with to solve their problems.