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"We need to define Rooney's role better," Ferguson told The Daily Telegraph. "And I think I have to take a bit of responsibility for that.
"I think he sacrificed himself for the team, which says a lot about the lad because he never complained.
"We've played him wide and in other positions. He will score goals but we kept using him in different positions, he'd play centre half if you asked him to.
"I think his best position is through the middle, either a front role or tucking in just behind.
"He may have benefited by having someone with more experience alongside him.
"That always happens with young strikers. At 22, he was never going to be the finished article. We signed him for his potential, which is why we paid £26 million for him.
"In a few years' time, we will be saying that is really brilliant business."