Wayne Rooney is expected to sign a new five-and-a-half-year contract with Manchester United this week that will increase his wages to about £300,000 per week.

The 28-year-old England striker is close to
committing his future to the Old Trafford club
until June 2019, with an outline agreement
having been reached between club and player.
Rooney joined United from Everton in August
2004. His current deal runs until summer
2015 and is worth £250,000 a week.
The new deal would signal a turnaround in the
forward's future at Old Trafford after former
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that
Rooney had asked for a transfer towards the
end of last season - a claim the player denied.
He was linked with a move to Chelsea last
summer and the Blues had more than one bid
for the player rejected, as new boss David
Moyes insisted he wanted to keep his former
Everton charge at Old Trafford.
If he does commit to United, Rooney would
face the prospect of missing out on Champions
League football next season, with United
currently seventh in the Premier league and 11
points behind the final qualification place.
Rooney, who returned to first-team action at
the end of January after nearly a month out
with an injury, has made 28 club appearances
this season and scored 11 goals.