THE Manchester United future of Wayne Rooney remained shrouded in mystery last night despite Sir Alex Ferguson’s claim that he wanted to “put the matter to bed”.

Instead, after a frantic day of comings and goings, United released a statement, which only brought greater confusion to the matter.

“We are aware that there is intense public and media interest on the club at the moment, but there are no developments of note to report today,” read an official club statement, released at 7pm.

“I can confirm a number of meetings have taken place today, including with the player’s representative.

“The outcome of those meetings will become clear in the near future. In the meantime, fans are asked to be patient.”

Although words can be interpreted in many different ways, the toned down content of the statement suggests plenty of heat has been taken out of the entire situation since Rooney released his own statement on Wednesday night which effectively claimed United no longer matched his ambitions.