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Rooney to leave United

Captain

Well, the agent in question isn't going to make a buck from me. 😆

Rohit

What a farce!

Captain

Fair enough, my football people in inverted commas was essentially to say take it with a pinch of salt. I believe that Rooney had agreed everything myself for a few reasons but it doesn't matter; fact is that he is staying at ManU for now and that's all that matters.

IBL

Captain wrote:
Just seen this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9116212.stm

It's brilliant.

superb stuff

Ricky1985

The whole thing is bizarre, and embarrassing for all the parties involved.

Shame he's not leaving, but, my oh my, has he done some damage. Fergie too.

Captain

Lagos wrote:
True still it is a rather bizzare episode isn't it. Why on earth would Fergie have announced he was leaving anyway? Makse me think whether it was ambition, financial or Personal, there was a bluff somewhere and Fergie called it. I think Fergie like me feels Rooney may be wanted and courted but ultimately he has nowere to go!

It really is.

I'm simply of the opinion that Rooney isn't the brightest spark and allowed 'his people' to create a situation that he didn't wholeheartedly want but at least was sensible enough to rectify it rather than let it get too far out of hand like others have done in the past (Ashley cole for instance).

asajoseph

What interests me is that the Glazers had to step in to get this one done. What were they able to tell him, that Gil and Ferguson had previously not been authorised / able to?

Bit of an odd situation, all told, and I do get the feeling that there's still more to this story than meets the eye.

Xcdude24

What a disgusting act of greed by rooney and his agent. If I was a united supporter, this would have made me lose all respect for him.

Famousno10

Makes a lot of those idiots that were camped outside his house look like the mugs they are...interesting to see how their fans take to him now.

Horrible, greedy, granny shagging scumbag, and it's made red nose look like a twat as well...I would hate to have a player like that at our club no matter how good he is.

Burnwinter

Lagos wrote:
Why on earth would Fergie have announced he was leaving anyway?

Well, if Rooney did have some sort of pre-agreement with City, putting things out in the open showed him exactly what would happen in terms of angry mobs, betrayed fans etc. Put the pressure firmly back on him.

Claudius

If Rooney wanted more money, he got it, so perhaps he and his agents are the ones that played Ferguson. The 1 billion United fans, after all, will forgive him the minute he scores his next goals.

Xcdude24

This promise of a war chest gets me thinking: do promises like that make the player bigger than the club? This is actually very surprising from fergie's standpoint. As someone who appears highly authoritarian in public, you wouldn't think he would be OK with Rooney walking over him like that. I could never see Wenger(who comes off as a player's manager) going that far to appease a player. Sickening stuff on all fronts, and you really have to agree with what Holloway said the other day.

Pepe LeFrits

A fan's reaction to Rooney's new contract 😆

James

😆

Gurgen

Haha that poor Russian bloke has been used for so many jokes.

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