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Thiago Silva: It would have been great to team up with Man United striker Wayne Rooney
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN defender Thiago Silva has admitted he wished he could have had the chance to link up with Wayne Rooney.
The Brazil international was courted by Barcelona in the summer however spurned their advances to stay at the Parc des Princes.
Rooney was also the subject of frenzied transfer abroad, with Bayern Munich and PSG in the frame for his signature.
Arsenal and Chelsea were also heavily linked to him, with the latter pulling out when they were told he was not for sale.
And Silva admits it would have been a great opportunity to team up with Rooney.
He said: "Wayne Rooney would have been great to play with.
"He is one of the best strikers in the world and this is also a guy who has scored against me every time I've played him.
"That goal at the Maracana still irks me."
Rooney is believed to be in preliminary discussions about committing his long-term future to the Premier League champions.