Rooney pleaded with Fergie to sign Ozil THREE years ago...
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he refused to follow Wayne Rooney's advice to sign Mezut Ozil three years ago.The Germany midfielder is currently terrorising defences for Arsenal after moving to the Barclays Premier League this summer.
But speaking at the launch of his autobiography in London today, Ferguson revealed he had to tell Rooney to stay out of club transfer business in 2010.
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Ferguson said: 'Ozil was not on our radar. I said that to Wayne at the time.
'We signed Chicharito [Javier Hernandez] that summer. My thoughts at the time were a Rooney and Chicharito partnership
'That was a fair prospect for us to look at.
'When Ozil was at Werder Bremen he played wide right initially then they played him off the front.
'That type of player was not necessarily on our radar.
'I told Wayne, "Leave the signing of players to me". We've got lots of them right.'.
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