Man United launch title defence without new tools


  • Football
  • Thursday, 15 Aug 2013

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - David Moyes has no new weapons to deploy and instead must contend with a big question mark over the future of Wayne Rooney as he looks to mastermind Manchester United's title defence in his first season in the Old Trafford hot seat.

This time last year, it had been an entirely different story for Alex Ferguson as he prepared to unleash prized new signing Robin van Persie, whose 26 league goals were to propel the club to a record 20th English championship.

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