He's not good enough for what United are aiming for, but there is nobody world class available. For me, this should be his last season and we should be looking to bring in somebody at the very highest level.
For a neutral the Caf is sometimes a weird place. There are players, who will never be rated as high outside the Caf as in here(I won´t name names here in an attempt to not derail the thread) and then there is the case Wayne Rooney. I get that he is not the favourite of a lot of people on here because he dared to contemplate leaving the club, being concerned about the strength of the squad or being on massive wages, but it shouldn´t cloud the judgement of the people that much to not see what kind of blessing the player has been on the pitch for the club.
This can actually be put very clearly in numbers: Excluding last season, when Van Gaal clearly did not figure out where to play him, he had in every season since 2005a scorer/minute ratio of at least around 100. In some seasons (e.g. 2013/2014 and 2011/2012) he got as low as around 80. That basically means, that even if we include the last season Wayne Rooney has
on average scored either an assist or a goal in every single game for a decade.
Several world class strikers manage to get similar numbers. Some do it for a season, some for two, very few for longer. Rooney does it for ten years, while often playing the void filler in the offensive midfield, the wing or on occasion even the central midfield.
Rooney is also more than about scoring. He is a well balanced offensive allrounder with next to no glaring weaknesses, an impressive football intelligence, a rock solid passing game (especially for a striker) and strong overall technique. On top of that he is one of the most hard working strikers around, clearly caring about the success of the team.
I honestly think that if Rooney would be playing for a different club and United would be linked with him the muppets would go overboard in his transfer thread.
I´m absolutely positive that if Rooney would finally be constantly trusted with his natural role as center forward, he could still be scoring 25+ goals per season and additionally assist half of that. And that is more than what can be said of nearly every possible solution on the transfer market.
It´s kinda sad to see that a portion (probably a small one, though) of the United supporter don´t regard him as the legend he is. I know for sure, that I could not shut up about Reus, if he would stay as long and score like that for such a huge amount of time.