‘I want players who are hungry’: Wayne Rooney insists he is NOT interested in signing ‘incredible’ Luis Suarez, because he’s only wants new arrivals who ‘are capable of playing every game’
- Wayne Rooney has been quizzed on new players after his return to DC United
- Rooney has taken over a team that is second bottom in the Eastern Conference
- Luis Suarez is a free agent who has been linked with a Major League Soccer deal
- Rooney confirmed that the ex-Liverpool man is not someone that is on his radar
Wayne Rooney is ready to overlook glamour names such like Luis Suarez as he looks to rebuild a struggling DC United with ‘hungry’ players.
Suarez is a free agent after leaving Spanish giants Atletico Madrid and he confirmed recently that he has been inundated with offers from MLS.
It would now appear that DC United, who this week brought Rooney back to the club, this time as manager, will not be among his potential landing spots, though.
Wayne Rooney knows exactly the type of player he is targeting as DC United’s new manager
While accepting that Luis Suarez is ‘incredible’, he does not fit Rooney’s ‘hungry’ player profile
‘I respect Luis Suarez a lot – he’s an incredible player – but what I want players who are hungry,’ Rooney said.
‘I want players to come to this club who are hungry and who want to come to the club but also have a lot to give and are capable of playing every game, attending every training session.
‘So we’re working extremely hard to identify the right profile of players we want to bring in and I’m sure in the near future, we’ll have an announcement to make on new signings.’
Rooney has returned to the American club to find them second-bottom in the Eastern Conference with just 17 points from 17 games.
Rooney is taking over a team that find themselves second bottom in the Eastern Conference
Gareth Bale and Giorgio Chiellini have both been marquee arrivals heading across the Atlantic this summer, with the pair joining forces at LAFC.
Suarez too, after leaving Atletico, appears intrigued by offers to take him Stateside – but is, at this moment, reluctant to jump at the offers.
On a possible MLS move, the Uruguayan striker told Radio Sport: ‘The market in MLS is very complex, some clubs want…