Wayne Rooney has said he doesn’t see Manchester United catching Premier League pace-setters Manchester City next season, let alone during the current campaign.
“In terms of catching Manchester City, certainly not this season and — if I’m being perfectly honest — it’ll be very difficult next season if Manchester City keep playing the way they are playing,” Rooney said. “They are almost getting to the level Barcelona were at four or five years ago.”
“It’s not nice to say, but if you can’t enjoy that style of football and that way of playing you won’t enjoy football,” he said. “It’s great to watch. It’s almost perfect football at times.
“I think Guardiola is putting the foundations in place of emulating that Barcelona team. You can see they’re well on the way to doing that.”
Rooney does at least think United have made a fine signing in Alexis Sanchez, saying: “For me he is the perfect player for Manchester United.”
“He’s got aggression, passion, desire. You can see he is a winner,” Rooney added. “That’s what Manchester United have lacked.”
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