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Wayne Rooney demands four Man Utd signings and tells Marcus Rashford to buck up ideas

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has identified four positions he wants to see the club strengthen in the transfer market

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Wayne Rooney has made a demand for more Man United signings(Image: Getty Images)

Wayne Rooney has called on Manchester United to make FOUR more signings and told Marcus Rashford he must improve his body language if he is to stay at the club. United are currently preparing for the new Premier League, which starts this weekend, but transfers are still taking centre stage.

The Red Devils have already made three new signings so far this summer, with Andrey Santos, Youri Tielemans and Karl Darlow all moving to Old Trafford.

United have until September 1 to complete their transfer business and Rooney has named the four positions he wants to see the club strengthen in before the deadline.

Rooney believes Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly could be a valuable addition, whilst going on to name three other areas of the pitch he would address with reinforcements.

I thought Luke Shaw had a really good season last season, but he didnt have the best game against AC Milan. So I dont think you can rely on Luke Shaw to be consistent for the whole season," Rooney said on the first episode of Stick to United from The Overlap.

That leads me to Lewis-Skelly, and were hearing that hes available for not much money. I think its an absolute no-brainer.

If you can get a player who can play left-back, he can play centre midfield. Hes young, hes got a massive future ahead of him. I think its an absolute no-brainer if you can bring him in.

Id like to see another centre-back, Id like to see another central midfield player and another centre forward.

So I think theres still a lot of work there to be done, but I think its really important that the players they do bring in, they get it right and they get the right players in.

Rooney then went on to send a message to Rashford, who has returned to United this summer following the conclusion of his loan spell with Barcelona.

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Rashford featured as a substitute in United's friendly defeat to AC Milan over the weekend and it remains to be seen if the England international will remain at Old Trafford beyond this summer.

Rooney said: I think we know hes [Rashford] got the ability, hes shown that. For me, has he got the hunger? Does he want to play for Manchester United?

Now, if he wants to play for Manchester United, Ive been there in 2010 when I asked to leave the football club. Theres a stage where you have to rebuild a relationship with the fans.

The easiest way to do that is to work hard and body language. You can have a bad game and give the ball away and make mistakes, but if the fans see you working hard and putting a shift in for the team, theyll accept that to a certain point.

Marcus body language, even when he came on [vs Milan], his body language isnt great.

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Marcus Rashford has returned to Man United this summer after a loan at Barcelona(Image: Kazimierz Koper/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)

So it might be something he has to work on. He might have to work with someone to make his body language look better. I think his work rate has to improve, but if he wants to be at the football club, he just needs to knuckle down.

Rooney then went on to explain why he wants to see Rashford succeed at United once again.

The former United striker added: I dont want to see Marcus Rashford doing well at Aston Villa or Barcelona, I want to see him do well at Manchester United and scoring goals for Man United.

But that means he has to get his head down, work his socks off and then be more positive. Play with a smile on his face.

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