ALL things Rooney PLEASE! [Merged]

[mike channon´s windmill]

I have to know... is this fucking real? If so, I would like to kill the bellend myself.

Agreed - the only regretable thing in this whole saga

What a total cock

The shop should have some guidelines to prevent this happening.

Think you can get it done anywhere - probably a hack publicity stunt

 

[bowdonblue]

Their wage bill has just gone up by over £5m per year for him alone, and their wage structure has just been blown away. Just wait until their other players start asking for more money ... tick tock ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/22/wayne-rooney-staying-manchester-united

Wayne Rooney has vowed to win back the trust of Manchester United's supporters after a remarkable U-turn to agree a new five-year contract only two days after confirming he wanted to leave Old Trafford because he thought they were a club in decline.

Rooney has become the best-paid player in the history of the club by agreeing a deal thought to be worth as much as £180,000 a week in a move that will inevitably invite allegations that he and his agent, Paul Stretford, have been guilty of cynical greed to get the best deal possible.

The news represents a significant setback to Manchester City, with senior officials at Eastlands convinced that Rooney had decided to move across the city, and the player is aware that feelings are running high against him.

"I'm sure the fans over the last week have felt let down by what they've read and seen," he said. "But my position was from concern over the future. The fans have been brilliant with me since I arrived and it's up to me through my performances to win them over again."

"I'm delighted to sign another deal at United. In the last couple of days, I've talked to the manager and the owners and they've convinced me this is where I belong. I said on Wednesday the manager's a genius and it's his belief and support that have convinced me to stay.

"I'm signing a new deal in the absolute belief that the management, coaching staff, board and owners are totally committed to making sure United maintains its proud winning history – which is the reason I joined the club in the first place."

That represents a complete volte-face from Rooney's statement on Wednesday questioning whether the club were in danger of stagnating under the ownership of the Glazer family.

His position looked untenable at that time, with serious cracks emerging in his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson, but the manager and player have spoken at length to try to resolve those differences over the last two days. "Wayne has apologised to me and the players," Ferguson said. "He will also do so with the supporters."

Ferguson told Rooney he was in danger of making the biggest mistake of his professional life but it was only when the Glazers agreed to increase the amount of money on offer to the footballer of the year that he changed his mind.

 

[dannybcity]

I thought Ferdinand had a clause in his contract that he had to remain the highest paid player? Or have I just made this up?

 

[hertsblue]

I think the club learnt alot from the Terry saga and being used to push up contract negotiations. This time, no contact was made with Utd, Mancini saying we arnt interested, and bigging up our own players. Zero comeback on City with this one as we havent done anything but sit back and laugh at it all.

 

[york away to this!]

who said comedy was dead?!

this entire saga has been hilarious with a lose/lose scenario for that lot....

anyway, can we end this thread now? - there's a match on sunday to think about!

 

[mike channon´s windmill]

Re: Any chance of a club statement ???

It would be nice for our club to come out and just state for the record that we were not interested in signing Wayne Rooney he was never in our plans and was never going to be in our plans.

IMO this would put an end to this media nonsense and stop Sky and the rag lovers somehow thinking it has been some sort of great victory over us.

I think we should do the exact opposite and promulgate the idea that the fat scouse one had approached us and we said "No" - imagine the shit that would stir ;)

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

No doubt about it, the only winners in this are City. Rooney has obviously been messing united about for months, leading to Ferguson's press conference where he looked like he'd been dumped by his lover.

Then we get to the outpouring of rage from the united fans calling him all manner of things.... Now he's signed the contract its back to the Rooney love in. We all know how fickle that lot are. I seem to remember Ferdinand serving a ban for failing to take that drugs test then messing them about over a new contract, he got booed for a while but thats all conveniently forgotten now.

I suspect this will be almost identical to the Ronaldo move, he signs a long term contract which makes the whole issue go away (or so everyone thinks) and then as soon as the summer transfer window opens he's straight out the door, not allowing enough time for any sort of drawn out saga/backlash.

Either way, everyone connected with that lot were bricking it that Rooney would come to City (hence the death threats) and they've had to stick him on an enormous contract to make sure that doesn't happen, whilst he's burnt his bridges with everyone connected with the club.

Noisy neighbours? We didn't even have to turn the sound system on to whip them in to a hysteria....but perhaps it'll be on full blast for a bbq in the summer!

 

[moorsideblue]

No doubt about it, the only winners in this are City. Rooney has obviously been messing united about for months, leading to Ferguson's press conference where he looked like he'd been dumped by his lover.

Then we get to the outpouring of rage from the united fans calling him all manner of things.... Now he's signed the contract its back to the Rooney love in. We all know how fickle that lot are. I seem to remember Ferdinand serving a ban for failing to take that drugs test then messing them about over a new contract, he got booed for a while but thats all conveniently forgotten now.

I suspect this will be almost identical to the Ronaldo move, he signs a long term contract which makes the whole issue go away (or so everyone thinks) and then as soon as the summer transfer window opens he's straight out the door, not allowing enough time for any sort of drawn out saga/backlash.

Either way, everyone connected with that lot were bricking it that Rooney would come to City (hence the death threats) and they've had to stick him on an enormous contract to make sure that doesn't happen, whilst he's burnt his bridges with everyone connected with the club.

Noisy neighbours? We didn't even have to turn the sound system on to whip them in to a hysteria....but perhaps it'll be on full blast for a bbq in the summer!

PMSL

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Nice little pantomime played out at the swamp this week. Funny as fuck.

The fans, who had clearly started to desert the sinking ship, have been fired up, the manager and star player have fired a shot across the Glazers' bows and the Stepford Wives in the Stretford End are happy again, when they should be directing their anger against owners that turned a £100m operating profit in a £80m pre-tax loss. Very clever bit of work.

Meanwhile, we've been spared from signing the foul-mouthed, 20-a-day, public urinating, prossie-shagging fat scouse twat, thereby putting money into the Glazers's pockets. Instead they've got to find an extra £5m a year in wages when their corporate hospitality revenues arew coming under pressure.

Everyone's happy and the rags are laughing all the way to mid-table.

Couldn't put it any better.


Never wanted the rag and never will (yes I'm a bitter blue, I hate them and all who sail in them!!!!). Before I get pulled on Tevez, I wasn't mega happy at the time about that either but I've been able to sleep at night as he was only on loan and we didn't give them any cash.

Time to put all this red shit behind us and give Arse a pasting.

 

[inGavious]

No doubt about it, the only winners in this are City. Rooney has obviously been messing united about for months, leading to Ferguson's press conference where he looked like he'd been dumped by his lover.

Then we get to the outpouring of rage from the united fans calling him all manner of things.... Now he's signed the contract its back to the Rooney love in. We all know how fickle that lot are. I seem to remember Ferdinand serving a ban for failing to take that drugs test then messing them about over a new contract, he got booed for a while but thats all conveniently forgotten now.

I suspect this will be almost identical to the Ronaldo move, he signs a long term contract which makes the whole issue go away (or so everyone thinks) and then as soon as the summer transfer window opens he's straight out the door, not allowing enough time for any sort of drawn out saga/backlash.

Either way, everyone connected with that lot were bricking it that Rooney would come to City (hence the death threats) and they've had to stick him on an enormous contract to make sure that doesn't happen, whilst he's burnt his bridges with everyone connected with the club.

Noisy neighbours? We didn't even have to turn the sound system on to whip them in to a hysteria....but perhaps it'll be on full blast for a bbq in the summer!

Completely agree ... all this has just made all parties at United a joke!

Rooney, has been seen as a money-grabbing mercenary, trying to play mind games with a club with no regards their their tradition and success over the years, to get all he can get.

Fergie, losing his ability to control his players in-house and having to publically announce his "mind games" to try and get Rooney to concede.

The Glazers, for giving in to Rooney's demands, maybe not his full demands as they dont have that sort of money, but have drastically improved Rooney's contract.

Rag fans for quickly turning on one of their "favourite sons" with angry masses outside his house and post death threats at his sponsors HQ's.

All credit to City for not falling for this all keeping out of the situation and special praise to Bobby Manc who called it right on Wednesday that this was going to happen all along and not be as gullible as the media and bookmakers were for falling through the United Trap Door of Lunacy.