Wayne Rooney has agreed the fundamental details of his new £300,000-a-week contract at Manchester United but the deal has been held up by haggling over image rights.
It is understood that the United striker and his representatives have declared themselves happy with the fine details of the 28-year-old’s salary and bonus structure.
However, Rooney cannot actually sign the deal until a couple of issues over image rights are ironed out.
United chief executive Ed Woodward is confident that can be sorted out over the course of Thursday and or Friday and there is still an outside chance that confirmation of a new five-and-half-year deal could be made before close of play on Friday.
If that doesn’t happen, though, it may have to wait until after United return from Champions League duty in Greece next week.
United are relaxed about the situation with sources revealing on Wednesday that the details of Rooney’s pay and the length of the contact were actually sorted out some weeks ago.
They want to announce the deal as soon as possible to give the club and its manager David Moyes a boost ahead of some important games in the weeks to come.
United – seventh in the Barclays Premier League and seemingly out of the running for the Champions League places – are away at Crystal Palace on Saturday evening and then fly to Athens for their Champions League game at Olympiakos.
After that United are away at West Brom, also in the Barclays Premier League.
Source - Daily Mail