Gill: We Can't Afford Rooney

United, along with Premiership rivals Chelsea, have been constantly linked with the aggressive forward before and after his impressive Euro 2004 campaign.

Gill explained: "We can’t afford to spend £45 million or £50 million on one player. One reason why we run a successful operation is because we work within financial parameters,"

"At the end of last season we identified the need to sign a striker, that was Alan Smith from Leeds," 

"We also identified a left-back, that was Gabriel Heinze. We have completed the task with those two signings."

"Our priority now is to concentrate on exits - then that is it." he added.

Despite only signing Leeds forward Smith a few weeks ago, reports claim he may be heading for an early exit to make way for Rooney.