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Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Wayne Rooney wants to leave Manchester United.
- Thread starter Garage_Doors
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The thing is Man City have to CUT there wage bills and out goings or else they wont be allowed in European Cups.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
That won't happen, under UEFA's new fair financial guidelines, City's wage bill is already too high and will see them excluded. No doubt they'll get shot of Adebayor / Santa Cruz if Rooney comes in, but lets not be silly. Not sure if they can get round the new rules with a big signing on fee though.
But wayne had that option a few years ago and he chose to leave Everton and go with the higher paying Man Utd.
Fergie has insisted that Rooney will not be allowed to leave unless he is replaced by a big name.
Manchester City have offered United Shaun Wright-Phillips....
Manchester City have offered United Shaun Wright-Phillips....
Anyone can drive a coach and horses through the new rules. All that City's new owners will do is convert some of the investment into spurious sponsorship deals, and before you can say 'creative accounting', revenues shoot up and City report a 'profit'.
i cant see him going abroad.....which means he'll go to City or Chelsea
Won't be going to citeh
The Spanish
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whatever the outcome its nice to see that in morality and blame free Britain at least someone takes a dim view of shagging prostitutes while your wife is pregnant. Sickening behaviour that needs far more condemnation than it has generally received.
Marshy
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True, Hes won everything at Man U now though, as i say maybe he just wants to play football for the team he loves again....
Unlikely as i say but maybe. Not everyone is driven by money...99% are but some are not.
As i say i would rather play for Brighton for 80k a week than City for 500k a week.
And Rooney is? On his current form I wouldn't want him in the Albion team.
He's not won the europa cup, perhaps this poor run of form is simply an attempt to either get there by getting knocked out the champions league, or drop out of the top four and earn the europa cup by competing from the start...
Marshy
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Hehe yeah right...
The Spanish
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not just form. on his current levels of morality i do not want him representing my country. he is approaching lee hughes level in my eyes.
we have people shagging prossies while their wives are pregnant, people who gang up on people and batter them in nightclubs for refusing to let them put on their own records, people who shag their team mates exes, representing our national team, and we wonder why the gloss has gone. time for people to make a bit of a stand i think.
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
Shirley all this talk of Shrek doin' an offski can't be true? I'm sure I've seen him kissing the United badge on a couple of occassions...
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
He's been kissing the puckered brown sheriffs badge as well, but that doesn't seem to be much of a sign of loyalty...
It's an admirable stand but I think that to say that this is a reflection of the current levels of morality is a bit off-the-mark.
The three most admired British footballers in my lifetime were, probably, Bobby Moore (serial boozer, involved in messy divorce), George Best (serial boozer, womaniser, drunk driver) and Paul Gascoigne (serial boozer and wife-beater). Their private lives haven't stopped them being lionised so I can't see anyone being bothered by what players like Rooney, Gerrard or Terry get up to.
severnside gull
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Have to say that whether or not you hold to the belief that Ferguson is "the greatest living manager" his relationship with senior players, in a world where they are no longer working class boys but overpaid prima donnas, has cost Man U rather too often in terms of losing quality players before their time.
Bold Seagull
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Really!? How do you qualify that up to this point? The only player that really cost him was Jaap Stam. Each of the others were replaced and MU went onto win more trophies.
Funny you should say that about Ferguson when he is currently a manager that has 5 or 6 senior players in his first team that have come from the youth set up, 3 of those will finish their careers at the club they signed as 14 year olds. Hardly a damning indictment of his handling of senior players!
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Rooney is an illiterate Northern monkey with a young baby. There's no way on earth he'd last 5 minutes in Madrid, Barcelona, Munich or Milan. For me he's either off to Chelsea or City.
City have already had a dry run with Tevez, and that's been arguably City's best signing of the last decade. I can't see ANY downside from City's viewpoint, and I'm sure if they don't make a move they'll see it as a chance missed.
There's nothing like a top quality player moving across town to reinforce who's top dog. We've seen it with Sol Campbell from Spurs to Arsenal, and Mo Johnston from Celtic to Rangers as well.
I'm sure City fans in their wildest dreams couldn't have dreamed this move might be possible. As for United there seems to be a dearth of top quality talent for them to pursue so they might have to resort to gambling on the likes of Torres.
City have already had a dry run with Tevez, and that's been arguably City's best signing of the last decade. I can't see ANY downside from City's viewpoint, and I'm sure if they don't make a move they'll see it as a chance missed.
There's nothing like a top quality player moving across town to reinforce who's top dog. We've seen it with Sol Campbell from Spurs to Arsenal, and Mo Johnston from Celtic to Rangers as well.
I'm sure City fans in their wildest dreams couldn't have dreamed this move might be possible. As for United there seems to be a dearth of top quality talent for them to pursue so they might have to resort to gambling on the likes of Torres.