Confirmed: How Rooney could line up Utd side including keeping Ronaldo & Lingard

 

WAYNE ROONEY may have his heart

 set on the Manchester United job, 

but how would he line up the Red 

Devils if he were in charge?

United's all-time top scorer revealed 

the only reason he went into coaching

 was so he could one day be in the 

Old Trafford hot seat.

Rooney is currently boss at Championship

 side Derby - and snubbed an interview

 at boyhood club Everton earlier this season.

He admitted: "The whole reason in 

me going into management is Manchester 

United. I got offered the job interview 

for the Everton job.

"I want to be Manchester United manager. 

I know I am not ready now but I have 

to plan everything I do to make sure one

 day it will happen."

But how would Rooney set up United's

 misfiring stars?

Well one man sure to start is Cristiano

 Ronaldo.

Rooney and CR7 spent the best part

 of five years playing together between

 2004 and 2009, beating Chelsea in 

the Champions League final in 2008.

And with Ronaldo planning to carry 

on playing until he's into his forties,

 he would be likely to lead the line for 

Rooney's Red Devils.

Rooney also played alongside Lingard

 before he left United in 2017.

And he could be the one to help

 reignite the 29-year-olds stalling career.

The only problem with that is Lingard is 

out of contract at Old Trafford at 

the end of the season.

Elsewhere Rooney revealed harbors

 hope that Marcus Rashford will go 

on to break his goalscoring record 

at Manchester United, which would

 involve the 24-year-old starting in his side.

Rashford has been linked with a 

move away from United, but Rooney

 said: "To get the record and be United's 

highest goal scorer is f***ing massive.

"What I hope is that Marcus Rashford 

f***ing gets his head out of his a*** 

and goes and breaks that record. 

He is a Manchester lad."

Apart from reinstating both Lingard and

 Rashford to the starting side, the spine

 of Rooney's team would remain similar

 to how it is now.

But one potential signing to lookout 

for is 21-year-old left-back Lee Buchanan.

Buchanan plays under Rooney 

at Derby, and won the club's Young 

Player of the award last season.

Plus with Luke Shaw and Alex Telles failing

 to nail down the starting spot, Rooney 

could put his trust in youth.

Alternatively Rooney could decide 

to shake things up a bit were he 

handed the reigns.

Rooney also played alongside Anthony

 Martial at Old Trafford, and with the 

Frenchman scheduled to return from 

his loan spell in the summer, Rooney

 could decide to employ him as his 

main man up top.

Especially if Ronaldo decides to call 

it a day at United for a second time 

in his career.

Another potential signing Rooney could

 make from Derby is that of midfielder

 Louie Sibley.

The 20-year-old is tipped for 

big things, and has also been capped

 at various youth levels by England.