Him and CR7 having played together before is a good thing, besides I'd pick Rooney over Higuain who's leaving us this summer. I still think Benz does usually a good job on counters so we're not in an absolute need of a player with top skills in that aspect but a top form Rooney would be a better option than a top form current Benz. Admittedly I wouldn't mind having a player who likes to control the surroundings as one of our problems is an overdependence on counters but I think we have more suitable players for that role in the team.One of the greatest goals I've ever seen was a United counter attack which had Rooney and Ronaldo at the heart of it.
Rooney used to be a very good counter attacker. But he's not as fast as he used to be and seems to like controlling the game rather than playing off the cuff counters. I still think he'd be a decent counter attacker though.
The story about Rooney coming to Madrid is funny though, didn't Madrid (and Barca?) say a month ago that they had no interest in him? :lol