Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed in his new autobiography, that Wayne Rooney asked him to sign Mesut Ozil for Manchester United three years ago.
The former United boss told Rooney to “mind his business” and the German playmaker eventually moved to Real Madrid, but has now joined Arsenal for £42.5m.
He writes: “Wayne said that we should have pursued Mesut Ozil, who had joined Real Madrid from Werder Bremen. My reply was that it was none of his business who we should have gone for.
“I told him it was his job to play and perform. My job was to pick the correct teams. And so far I had been getting it right.”
When asked in his book launch press conference whether Rooney has been proved right, Ferguson said: “Well, he was not on our radar at the time. Ozil when at Werder Bremen played wide right, then towards the end of the season played him off the front.
“He went to South Africa and did very well. But wasn’t on our radar.
“But I explained to Wayne and we get most of our decisions right.”
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