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Zlatan holds back the clock but time's up for Rooney
   The Swedish striker shows no sign of letting up  despite his age but the writing is on the wall for his Old Trafford  captain who is not missed in the starting XI or squad        COMMENT BY LINEARSPORTS     The latest signal that Wayne Rooney serves no purpose for Jose  Mourinho and Manchester United came not in a game when he played badly  or appeared out of his depth but one in which he was completely absent.       The United squad stepped off the coach at Old Trafford for their  Boxing Day fixture against Sunderland without Rooney, providing the  decisive clue that he wouldn’t be involved. He had pulled up with an  injury during Christmas Day training and Mourinho is already planning  for Saturday's match at home to Middlesbrough without him.    "Honestly I don't think so,” he said of Rooney’s chances of  recovering in time. “Let's see. It's not a big deal but in four days I  have my doubts."    He probably wouldn’t start anyway, not the way United are p...
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