Rio Ferdinand believes Wayne Rooney is close to rediscovering his prolific form of last season.
United defender looking forward to big double-header
Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney is close to rediscovering his prolific goalscoring form of last season.
Rooney netted 34 times for United last term, but has contributed only two goals from the penalty spot during a difficult current campaign.
The England striker has struggled with injury and off-field issues, but Ferdinand feels Rooney is starting to display his old sharpness.
The 25-year-old is likely to lead the line alongside Dimitar Berbatov against Arsenal on Monday and Ferdinand is happy to have Rooney back in the fold.
Sharp
"Everyone knows what happened over the last couple of weeks beforehand but Wayne's come back and he's looking sharp," said Ferdinand.
"He didn't score in our last game but he looked sharp and set up a good number of chances for other people.
"It's only a matter of time before he scores and then goes on one of those runs where he scores loads of goals.
"Just having him back around the place in a good mood is fantastic. He's a great lad to have around and long may it continue.
"Arsenal are a good team but I'm concentrating more on what we've got in our dressing room. I'm confident in our team and the individuals as a collective that we can go out there and beat any team and I'll be looking to do that on Monday."
United face Arsenal at Old Trafford before travelling to champions Chelsea on Sunday and Ferdinand acknowledged the importance of the double-header.
He added: "Arsenal and Chelsea are very big games for us. We're playing two of the teams at the top of the league back-to-back. They'll be hard games but games we all enjoy playing in.
"They'll be big spectacles with everybody watching and we'll be going out there to win. Fingers crossed we can do that and if we can it will put us in a great position for the rest of the season."
