ROONEY'S FEARS

ROONEY FEARS UNITED FANS

The 27-year-old is understood to remain determined to leave United and came face-to-face with manager David Moyes on Thursday for the first time since his early exit from the club’s pre-season tour on July 11.
Chelsea are expected to make a second bid for Rooney in the coming days after the Londoners’ initial £20 million offer was rejected out of hand by United.Rooney is to continue talks with Moyes over his future as he looks to push through a move to Chelsea, where he will be offered a contract worth around £200,000-a-week.
And one major factor in Rooney’s desire to leave is his concern that the United supporters have turned against him, not least because of former boss Sir Alex Ferguson’s claim that the striker submitted a transfer request, which the player denies.The striker's immediate concern is the club's trip to Scandinavia, with the former Everton man due to travel with the squad for the next pre-season friendly in Stockholm, Sweden on August 6 - should he recover from a hamstring injury.
That will be Rooney's first appearance in front of the United faithful since he endured boos during the club's Premier League title trophy parade.

BALE CLOSE TO MADRID AS AVB PLANS

 FOR TRANSFER MONEY

The Spurs manager is to ask Daniel Levy for a left-back, centre-back, winger and a striker with any budget accrued from selling the Welshman to Real Madrid this summer

Spur plan to use a significant percentage of the world record transfer fee offered by Madrid for Bale to recruit four new players, Goal understands.Villas-Boas is to ask for a left-back, centre-back, winger and a striker - all in addition to a deal agreed for Spain international Roberto Soldado. The Premier League club values Bale at €115 million, a price Madrid have told Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy they are prepared to meet during recent discussions over a transfer. With Bale's team of advisers intent on moving the 24-year-old to the Santiago Bernabeu as soon as possible, negotiations are now centred on how the deal transfer will be structured. Levy's preference has been for a one-off cash payment, a condition which would be extremely difficult for Madrid to finance at present. An alternative is for a proportion of the headline €115m figure to be made up of players.