Rooney (MERGED)

[Citizen Green]

Rooney would strengthen the clubs image world wide no end, marketing, shirts, Nike etc would all pay for his transfer within a year. We're on the verge of what will probably be the most successful part of the clubs history, and signing Rooney will cement that, at the same time it will officially end United's golden era and put the first nail in Ferguson's coffin.

It's a win win for City as far as i'm concerned.

 

[PistonBlue]

Just seen this posted by a friends friend on facebook.....this guy is a utd fan as well......

You know I work for a national newspaper...

Well, we have a very expensive lawyer come in every day to read the whole thing before we go to press to make sure we are legal.

I was chatting with him today and he told me that his 'reliable' source told him that Rooney has already been sold and will be gone in the first week of January.

Not to City, not to Real Madrid but to...

Chelsea.

My beloved United have an interest payment to make in January and Rooney pays it, apparently.

I was told the deal has been done for two weeks and it's because he and the boss have fallen out over smoking, pissing up nightclub walls and shagging hookers.

We shall see in January so watch this space.


could just be bullshit but chelski are the only others who really can afford him in the prem and who would utd rather sell to?..think it would be a tough choice...us or chelski?????

Very interesting, and makes me wonder what they'll do when the next interest payment is due!

 

[mcfcliam]

what i dont like is it would be 2 ex-rags, tevez and rooney, that would deliver us a trophy.

that would forever taint it for me that we had to rely on 2 of our rivals players to get us that long awaited silverware, that we couldnt build it or do it ourselves.

For me, that's not a price worth paying, Tevez should be a one-off, Rooney should never, ever wear a city shirt and i will question my loyalty to the club if they buy him, it's just wrong on so many levels.

Possibly the worst post on this thread.

Well done, have a gold star.

PMSL, Tevez tainting a successful era for us. God.....

 

[Pam]

Tooooo funny

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Manchester United in shock as Wayne Rooney targets move to City
• England striker prepares to force explosive move
• City ready to take advantage of turmoil at United
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Daniel Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 October 2010 23.01 BST
Article history

Wayne Rooney was said to be considering a move to the blue half of Manchester. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Wayne Rooney is increasingly open to the idea of completing the most rancorous and staggering transfer of modern times by leaving Manchester United for Manchester City.

He has informed United he has no intention of signing a new contract and is ready to contemplate following Carlos Tevez's path across Manchester and the potential minefield and recriminations of swapping one club for the other.

Carlos Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, confirmed today that he would be interested in Rooney if he could establish any sense on the player's part that he would be willing to move to Stamford Bridge. But the reigning Footballer of the Year is leaning more towards City, acutely aware of the potential riches of joining the wealthiest club in England.

Although a perception has built that he wants to move to Spain, he has told team-mates that City, not Real Madrid or Barcelona, is the more realistic destination. Rooney has come to dislike aspects of life in England, specifically the media intrusion, and is open-minded about moving abroad, but there are other issues.

His wife, Colleen, is reluctant to be apart from her 12-year-old sister, Rosie, who suffers from the brain disorder Rett syndrome and whose condition worsened in the week after newspaper allegations appeared of Rooney having a relationship with a prostitute.

City, in turn, have decided they should do everything they can to take advantage of the player's breakdown in relations with Sir Alex Ferguson. Brian Marwood, City's football administrator, has a long‑standing relationship with Rooney's adviser, Paul Stretford, and close ties with the player, having previously worked in a senior position at Nike, one of Rooney's sponsors.

City are under pressure to reduce their wage bill to meet Uefa's financial fair-play requirements but they are relaxed about the issue and believe there are ways around it
If, for example, they were to lure Rooney away from Old Trafford on a salary of £250,000 a week they could recoup around two-thirds of that by selling, to name but two, Roque Santa Cruz and Craig Bellamy.

"We hadn't discussed signing Rooney until the last week because we never thought he would be available, just like we have never discussed signing Lionel Messi from Barcelona," one senior figure at Eastlands told the Guardian. "Now we know he wants to leave United we're obviously going to monitor it closely."

Rooney is on record in April saying that he had no interest in joining City and he knows that he would face the same allegations that have been directed towards Tevez, namely of treacherous disloyalty and greed.

United's supporters would also argue that moving to City is a step down but an alternative argument has been presented to Rooney comparing the huge wealth and ambition at Eastlands at a time when his current club are no longer in the market for established category-A players because of the financial issues that accompany their ownership under the Glazers. Rooney is said to share supporters' concerns that United will not have the financial muscle to compete at the highest level over the next few years.

David Gill, United's chief executive, has been caught out badly by Rooney's decision and was trying to get hold of the player's representatives today to ascertain whether there was anything that could be done to resolve the situation. For now, the message is firmly that Rooney's mind is made up – in part because of the monetary issues but mostly because of his grievances about the way he perceives Ferguson has treated him.

Gill and Ferguson appeared at a Unicef press conference at Old Trafford today but made it clear they would not talk about Rooney. Gill said: "We will say something at a more appropriate time, and this is not an appropriate time."

That may take the form of an official statement before Ferguson, under Uefa guidelines, holds a press conference tomorrow to preview the Champions League tie against Bursaspor on Wednesday. Rooney has 20 months left on his contract and the dilemma for United, if he cannot resolve his differences with Ferguson, is that his transfer valuation is depreciating. In other words, they would get a higher fee selling in January rather than the end of the season.

Real Madrid's president, Florentino Pérez, has been quietly talking up their interest during a series of off-the-record briefings over the past few weeks, but at a press conference today José Mourinho said: "I don't think he will leave. I think Ferguson will persuade him to stay."

As for Chelsea, Ancelotti said: "We'd have to wait to see if Wayne Rooney really wants to leave Manchester United. Secondly, whether United would really want to sell him. And thirdly, if Rooney's on the market it would not just be Chelsea interested, but a lot of teams."

 

[Joga Bonito]

what i dont like is it would be 2 ex-rags, tevez and rooney, that would deliver us a trophy.

that would forever taint it for me that we had to rely on 2 of our rivals players to get us that long awaited silverware, that we couldnt build it or do it ourselves.

For me, that's not a price worth paying, Tevez should be a one-off, Rooney should never, ever wear a city shirt and i will question my loyalty to the club if they buy him, it's just wrong on so many levels.

I agree more or less.

 

[jrb]

It will finally destroy Ferguson once and for all. Losing Rooney to city will be a hammer blow, especially when that ball hits the back of the United net.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

what i dont like is it would be 2 ex-rags, tevez and rooney, that would deliver us a trophy.

that would forever taint it for me that we had to rely on 2 of our rivals players to get us that long awaited silverware, that we couldnt build it or do it ourselves.

For me, that's not a price worth paying, Tevez should be a one-off, Rooney should never, ever wear a city shirt and i will question my loyalty to the club if they buy him, it's just wrong on so many levels.

yes and in history it would be remembered as 2 ex rags who became city legends and moved to us because we were the better team!!!!

wayne rooney will never, ever, EVER be a legend.

We can build our own dynasty, why do we need to tarnish it by relying on them? why?

Everything's become really hollow with all this, we're becoming just like them.

 

[Polari]

Rooney would strengthen the clubs image world wide no end, marketing, shirts, Nike etc would all pay for his transfer within a year. We're on the verge of what will probably be the most successful part of the clubs history, and signing Rooney will cement that, at the same time it will officially end United's golden era and put the first nail in Ferguson's coffin.

It's a win win for City as far as i'm concerned.

Exactly, the effect Rooney has on the pitch barely enters into the club's thinking on this one.

 

[ono]

Guardian: "Although a perception has built that he wants to move to Spain, he has told team-mates that City, not Real Madrid or Barcelona, is the more realistic destination"

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Telegraph: "The possibility of Rooney, who celebrates his 25th birthday on Sunday, swapping red for blue is understood to be an open secret among his team-mates at United."

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[stony]

Fuck Rooney and the wrinkly old whore he rode in on. We don't need him. The only possible reason for buying him would be for marketing purposes and getting one over the rags.

Reading all the papers and the posts on here I think it will happen. I just don't want it to.