Chelsea Transfers: 5 Striker Alternatives To Wayne Rooney
is not for sale. Rumours linking the England international with a move to Arsenal and Chelsea refuse to die, and were in fact given fresh impetus last week when Moyes appeared to claim the 27-year-old would only be preferred to Robin van Persie in the event of the Dutchman sustaining injury. Rooney is still displeased that he was benched for United's crunch Champions League second-leg encounter against Real Madrid earlier this year, and is also dissatisfied that he has been forced into playing in an unfamiliar midfield role, with RVP being given the nod up front. Capitalising on these uncertain times, Chelsea have been publicly courting the ex-Everton man, with manager Jose Mourinho saying Rooney is "a player I like very much." And today, Blues midfielder Eden Hazard gushed: "Rooney would be a brilliant signing". However, it would take a detachment from reality to envisage United allowing one of their main stars to join a Premier League rival. The English champions have a long-standing policy of refusing to sell top players to Premier League rivals, just as they refused to sell Gabriel Heinze to Liverpool in 2007. So for all of Chelsea's very-public coveting of the star, it appears they can forget about signing Rooney. Here, we take a look at 5 strikers Jose Mourinho could sign instead.