Manchester United manager David Moyes said he was getting really tired with constant questions regarding the future of Wayne Rooney, after Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho expressed his admiration for the player, while deciding to stay mum on his interest in signing Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara.
Rooney had to fly back home from United's preseason tour of Asia after suffering a hamstring injury, leading to suggestions the forward could indeed be on his way out of Old Trafford in the summer.
Chelsea, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona have all been linked with a move for the England international; however, as far as Moyes is concerned Rooney will be a United player come next season.
"Unless I was speaking double Dutch, I've said that Wayne Rooney is not for sale." Moyes told reporters in Bangkok.
"I have answered lots of questions about Wayne and it's getting repetitive. I don't want to talk about it all day.
"I have really covered all the things on Wayne. You mustn't forget Manchester United is about a team, not any one individual.
"In lots of ways I am only interested in the team and some of the questions are reverting back to stuff I covered last week."
The speculation over a move to Chelsea only increased when Mourinho again expressed his admiration for Rooney when asked about a potential move.
"I cannot speak about players from other teams," he said. But you know me...
"I always say what I think and he is a player I like very much. I cannot say more than that. Being fast and direct, I like him very much. But he is a Manchester United player."
Moyes, though, chose not to criticize Mourinho over the comments made on Rooney.
"People are entitled to talk about good players," he said. "I am being asked plenty about Wayne so I am sure Jose will be getting asked about lots of players as well.
"It is hard to keep repeating myself -- but I will do. Wayne is a Manchester United player and will remain that."
Moyes also gave some good news over Rooney's injury saying the striker is expected to be out for two-three weeks rather than the month which was initially announced.
"We didn't expect it," Moyes added. "We wouldn't have brought him if we had known. But once we had it checked, what would be the point in taking a risk?
"We could have kept him and taken him to all the other places but he wouldn't have played the games. We thought for the benefit of the player, the best thing to do was get him back right away and let him get on with his rehabilitation.
"We will keep his work up. With a hamstring injury you can do lots of work in the swimming pool and some work in the gym.
"And when we return from this tour we still have the game in Stockholm, the Community Shield and Rio (Ferdinand)'s testimonial as well.
"It is really important we get players fit for those games and Wayne should only be out for two or three weeks.
"He was in really good shape. He came back in a good fighting weight."
Asked directly about his interest in Thiago, Moyes refused to be drawn out on the potential signing, with some reports suggesting United are set to lose out on the midfielder to Bayern Munich.
"I never said he was a target," he said. "We're on with targets that we are chasing at this moment in time. There are people we are actively chasing and, at this moment in time, we're happy with how things are going."
