Rooney admits regret over Man Utd transfer demand

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has spoken about his relationship with his old boss.

Rooney outlined the issues he had with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

The two had a great relationship when Rooney was coming through at United as a young player, but it did deteriorate before Sir Alex's retirement in 2013.

He said on Stick to Football podcast: When I put the transfer request in [to leave Manchester United], I was still speaking to David Gill on where the club was going, how they were going to move forward.

Being a manager now myself, and looking back, it was the wrong thing to do probably. At the time, I felt like it was the right thing to do to really get assurances for my own career.

Once David [Gill] had explained what the club are doing, I said, 'Fine that's all the manager had to say. That's all the club had to tell me', and then I signed the new deal.

In terms of the relationship with the manager [Sir Alex Ferguson], of course it was never the same. After that, the big thing that probably hurt him was they had just sold Carlos Tevez, they had just sold Cristiano Ronaldo, and probably couldn't afford to let me go."