Premier League strugglers West Ham United have revealed they want to sign Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney, according to Sky Sports News.

Rooney has started only nine Premier League games under Jose Mourinho this season.

The 31-year-old’s contract runs out in the summer of 2019 but United are expected to allow him to leave at the end of the season.

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A senior source at West Ham has confirmed they would be one of the clubs who would try to sign Rooney and when asked to comment on how likely it was that Rooney would become a West Ham player, the source told Sky Sports: “Never say never”.

Last month, Mourinho refused to rule out the prospect of Rooney leaving before the Chinese transfer window closed on 28 February.

Three Chinese clubs had been interested in signing him but on February 23 Rooney released a statement saying he wanted to stay at United.

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United signed Rooney from Everton for £27m in 2004. Since then he has won five Premier League titles and the Champions League in 2008.

He became United’s leading scorer when he scored his 250th goal for the club in the 1-1 draw at Stoke City in January.

Rooney has said the only Premier League clubs he would play for are United and Everton but West Ham are known to be looking for a proven international-level striker and a right back.