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Mourinho is the best man to replace Ferguson – Rooney

Manchester United captain, Wayne Rooney, has said that the club has found the right man to replace Sir Alex Ferguson in Jose Mourinho.

United have hired and fired David Moyes and Louis van Gaal, since Ferguson retired in 2013.

Mourinho was brought in to replace Van Gaal before the start of this season.

Rooney believes that managerial changes are part of the game, but feels they have finally gotten the best man.

He said: “Obviously Manchester United have had the stability of Sir Alex over the 26 years before, and I think over the last three or four years what they’ve been doing is trying to find the right one. And I believe they’ve found him [in Mourinho].

“Just working every day and seeing how he [Mourinho] wants to work, how he is setting the team up. There’s successes around the corner.”

Rooney has won five Premier League titles, two League Cups, one FA Cup and one Champions League since he joined United in 2004 and recently became their all-time goal scorer.

“I joined this club, I said at the time, to play Champions League football and obviously Sir Alex was the reason I joined the club,” Rooney added.

“I wanted to obviously win trophies and I’ve done that since I’ve been here.

“When I first joined the club, I think Gary Neville and Scholesy [Paul Scholes] were on like four Premier League titles and I remember sitting there thinking ‘they’ve won four Premier Leagues, that’s crazy’.

“Then, obviously, now I’ve won five. I’m sure the likes of Rashford coming into the dressing room, they’re probably looking at the likes of me and Michael Carrick thinking ‘they’ve won five Premier League titles’. That’s the aim, that’s what you want to get to.

“He’ll have his time and I’m sure if he keeps doing the right things, going the way he is, then he’ll be a great player for this club and hopefully in 10 or whatever years more time he’ll be close to the record.”

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