Fabregas close to signing with United Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas. While Manchester United is no closer to sorting out Wayne Rooney's future, new manager David Moyes has revealed a deal to sign Cesc Fabregas is almost done. Though United might be on the brink of a clash with the A-League All-Stars at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night, the match barely rated a mention at the pre-match press conference the day before. "The club's position on Wayne Rooney is that there's no change to that," he said, alluding to his earlier statements of the past week, declaring that Rooney "is not for sale." It would take an offer of about €30 million ($43 million) to prise the 26-year-old from Old Trafford. Club chief executive Ed Woodward left this tour prematurely to finalise the offer to the Spaniard. Manchester United has also been linked with moves for Gareth Bale and Ezequiel Garay before the transfer window shuts at the end of August, and Moyes confirmed his desire to bolster the squad. "As far as players are concerned, we're looking to bring some in," he said. When talk eventually turned to the match, Moyes confirmed star striker Robin van Persie will make his first appearance of the pre-season, having linked up with the squad only in the past few days. The Dutchman, the English Premier League's leading scorer last season after his move from Arsenal, is the undisputed drawcard of a talent-laden squad. "We'll probably only use Robin in the second half because we've over-trained him this week to make sure we build up his fitness," Moyes said. The manager also revealed concerns about the state of the ANZ Stadium surface, which has hosted numerous sports events in recent weeks. These boys have been brought up playing on all kinds of surfaces so whatever is there won't be a surprise. A-League All-Stars captain Brett Emerton began the battle of the mind games by placing the pressure on Manchester United to clinch its first win of the new campaign. Emerton says there are no pre-match nerves in the All-Stars squad despite coming up against one of the most intimidating clubs in world sport in front of more than 80,000 spectators. Instead, he believes the burden of expectation rests on the shoulders of Manchester United which is yet to claim its first win under Moyes. A largely second-string United had a shock 1-0 loss to the Thai All-Stars, in Bangkok, last week. Emerton says the pressure is on to perform. "Nobody's nervous, I think the pressure is still obviously on Manchester United to go out and beat us," Emerton said. We're just concentrating on putting the best performance individually and collectively as we can and doing the A-League proud.