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Chelsea prepare £35m raid for Manchester United star Wayne Rooney
CHELSEA will make a £35m bid for Manchester United star Wayne Rooney in January.
Jose Mourinho was confident of snapping Rooney up in the summer and declared him as his only transfer target.
But it turned out to be Mourinho mind games as his £30m bid failed and he went on to sign Willian AND Samuel Eto'o.
However, the Special One is not done yet and he still wants to lure Rooney to Stamford Bridge.
The England ace has started the season in flying form for United
Rooney, 28, is out of contract at the end of next season and a new deal hasn't been sorted.
The England ace has started the season in flying form for United and that hasn't gone unnoticed at Chelsea.
Blues top brass are impressed by his all-action showings and willing to offer him a huge £300,000-a-week deal over four years to prise him away from United.
Rooney will be into the final year of his contract next summer and United would have to sell or risk losing him for nothing.