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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20929827" data-attributes="member: 158020">People want to see if Rooney has still got it - Parker <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/GOAL_INTERNATIONAL/d9/9/wayne-rooney-manchester-united-europa-league-2016_1hjykt0ijkgzm1fwf2hqjvgo42.jpg?t=1047529344&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Former Manchester United defender Paul Parker believes Wayne Rooney should be given an opportunity to prove "he can still cut it" as a central striker against Arsenal.The Red Devils club captain has been shunted from the post that made him famous in recent times. At 31-years-old, questions have been asked of his ability to deliver the goods, with club and country often asking him to drop deeper.Rooney has not entirely convinced in a playmaking role either, though. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been drafted in to provide cutting edge at Old Trafford this season, but the Swede will sit out Saturday’s meeting with Arsenal through suspension. That could open the door to Rooney, with Parker of the opinion that Jose Mourinho should put his faith in the England international at the end of a week in which he has dominated the headlines for all of the wrong reasons and faced further uncomfortable questions regarding his future.He wrote in a column for Eurosport: “With Zlatan Ibrahimovic suspended, I think Rooney has to start up front against Arsenal on Saturday.  “Mourinho isn’t bothered about his centre-forward getting in behind all the time so it doesn’t matter so much that Rooney lacks the dynamism of old.“That’s the position in which he became a Manchester United great and now people will want to see if he can still cut it. “If he scores against Arsenal, no one is going to be remotely bothered if he gatecrashed a wedding.” Rooney has started just six Premier League games this season, with Mourinho having dropped him to the bench following an uninspiring opening to the campaign.He has only one top-flight goal to his name, and that came on the opening day of the season against Bournemouth. It could be that he is given an opportunity to rediscover his touch against Arsenal, with United in need of inspiration from somewhere as they seek to avoid slipping further adrift in the battle to secure a top-four finish.</blockquote>

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