Rooney was never a target, insist Monaco
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Wayne Rooney was never a transfer target, insist big-spending Monaco
Monaco have denied every being interested in Manchester Uniteds Wayne Rooney.
The Ligue 1 moneybags who splashed close to £200million this summer on the likes of Radamel Falcao, James Rodriguez, Joao Moutinho, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Jeremy Toulalan were linked with a move for the United striker, as well as a new manager to replace Claudio Ranieri.
However, Monaco vice-chairman Vadim Vasilyev insists the Principality club never contemplated a bid for the England international, nor did they ever think about axing the former Chelsea boss.
Claudio Ranieri We are very happy with him. The groups state of mind is just great. It works fine, said Vasilyev.
Did we have an interest in others coaches No, the press said that but it was negative for the team, for Claudio and for us.
In May, I told Ranieri he will remain our coach and I never had any contact with Mancini or any other. However coaches contacted us.
It was the same for Rooney and Tevez, we never contacted them. There are a lot of people that spread the idea Monaco could be attracted, as it could help during their talks.
Cristiano Ronaldo I know him well, we met in springtime when I was ill, but we didnt talk because Cristiano is a Real player. At that time he was in talks about his extension and we were working on Falcao. You cant buy Falcao and Ronaldo, you have to be humble.
I would like to have Cristiano, but we spent a lot of money and we will invest less in the future. We cant go on at such pace and we want to use young players from our education centre, one of the best in France.
Monaco have denied every being interested in Manchester Uniteds Wayne Rooney.
The Ligue 1 moneybags who splashed close to £200million this summer on the likes of Radamel Falcao, James Rodriguez, Joao Moutinho, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Jeremy Toulalan were linked with a move for the United striker, as well as a new manager to replace Claudio Ranieri.
However, Monaco vice-chairman Vadim Vasilyev insists the Principality club never contemplated a bid for the England international, nor did they ever think about axing the former Chelsea boss.
Claudio Ranieri We are very happy with him. The groups state of mind is just great. It works fine, said Vasilyev.
Did we have an interest in others coaches No, the press said that but it was negative for the team, for Claudio and for us.
In May, I told Ranieri he will remain our coach and I never had any contact with Mancini or any other. However coaches contacted us.
It was the same for Rooney and Tevez, we never contacted them. There are a lot of people that spread the idea Monaco could be attracted, as it could help during their talks.
Cristiano Ronaldo I know him well, we met in springtime when I was ill, but we didnt talk because Cristiano is a Real player. At that time he was in talks about his extension and we were working on Falcao. You cant buy Falcao and Ronaldo, you have to be humble.
I would like to have Cristiano, but we spent a lot of money and we will invest less in the future. We cant go on at such pace and we want to use young players from our education centre, one of the best in France.
