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The Granuiad reckons Rooneh is leaving Old Toilet.

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[quote author=keniget link=topic=42299.msg1200826#msg1200826 date=1287495391]
How bizarre.. and what a blow for Utd.

A Benzema + cash deal could be on then.
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I'd live with that. I'd hate The Hig to go there.

Heard reports that Ronaldo and Higuain aren't working together and Mourinho might have to tweak that.
 
Ferguson wouldn't sell us Heinze and he is muck so why on earth would he ever allow Rooney to go to a rival.

He allowed Veron go to Chelsea and Silvestre go to Arsenal but he was well aware that they wouldn't suceed. Rooney is a different ball game and it would be suicidal to sell him to City or Chelsea.

I can see clear the air talks and Rooney staying.
 
He can buy out his contract for 5M and tell them where to stick it if he so fancies.... blimey how much i would love it if he did that, first becasue it would screw United and secondly because i fucking hat e Rooney and for the mancs themselves to start doing so would be truly magic.

I didnt see all this coming tbh, apparently he had told Gill in summer he wanted to leave!!

Thats even before the story broke.... no wonder he had a bad world cup!
 
[quote author=ILD link=topic=42299.msg1200837#msg1200837 date=1287495937]
Ferguson wouldn't sell us Heinze and he is muck so why on earth would he ever allow Rooney to go a rival.

He allowed Veron go to Chelsea and Silvestre go to Arsenal but he was well aware that they wouldn't suceed. Rooney is a different ball game and it would be suicidal to sell him to City or Chelsea.

I can see clear the air talks and Rooney staying.
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It would be lovely though if it was totally taken out of Fergie's control wouldn't it? If Rooney just bought out his contract and left.

I agree with you on that conclusion though. I'm sure it will all end up being sorted out. Sadly.
 
If they fear he will buy out his contract surely they will want to sell before hand. He has 20 months remaining on his contract which would mean they have two transfer windows to sell him, Jan or next summer.
 
Don't you have to be over the age of 26 to buy out your contract? I was under the impression that's not an option for him.

Any chance this is just Utd playing hardball with Rooney over contract demands?
 
[quote author=keniget link=topic=42299.msg1200846#msg1200846 date=1287496727]
Don't you have to be over the age of 26 to buy out your contract? I was under the impression that's not an option for him.

Any chance this is just Utd playing hardball with Rooney over contract demands?
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I don't know.

It looks like Fergie has tried to sort it out and failed. He's normally very protective in his dealings with the media regarding his players unless he wants them out.
 
Bad news for United.

Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo all leaving within two years. That's got to hurt.
 
well he isn't coming here so it's a case of whether he goes to chelsea or man city because I can't see him moving abroad.
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=42299.msg1200866#msg1200866 date=1287499026]
well he isn't coming here so it's a case of whether he goes to chelsea or man city because I can't see him moving abroad.
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There's no way he'd pass up an offer from The Old Lady of Turin.
 
[quote author=crump link=topic=42299.msg1200868#msg1200868 date=1287499068]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=42299.msg1200866#msg1200866 date=1287499026]
well he isn't coming here so it's a case of whether he goes to chelsea or man city because I can't see him moving abroad.
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There's no way he'd pass up an offer from The Old Lady of Turin.
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Arf

Rooney loved it when the Old Lady went down a couple of years back...
 
Couple of my manc mates have already started "thieving scouser" thing with Rooney ;D
 
[quote author=Whitey85 link=topic=42299.msg1200880#msg1200880 date=1287499469]
Hmmm how long before Fergie starts trying to persuade Torres to join the mancs?
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Even if he wanted him big money transfers are on hold at Old Trafford these days I think. There finances are every bit as precarious as ours were last week.
 
So I was wrong about Fergie slaying the press! Go Rooney! First time Fergie lost.
 
[quote author=jexykrodic link=topic=42299.msg1200884#msg1200884 date=1287499674]
[quote author=Whitey85 link=topic=42299.msg1200880#msg1200880 date=1287499469]
Hmmm how long before Fergie starts trying to persuade Torres to join the mancs?
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Even if he wanted him big money transfers are on hold at Old Trafford these days I think. There finances are every bit as precarious as ours were last week.
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Didn't they sort something with their loans whereby the interest is payable to the Glazer's in some roundabout way or something meaning they will be in a stronger position now? I might be wrong. The whole money side of football is boring as fuck to be honest.
 
Unfortunately, I think this story has broken too soon. There's too much time between now and the next transfer window for United/Fergie not to persuade him to stay. I can't imagine Fergie benching him till January either. He'll come round, unless the United fans boo him and solidify his position.
 
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[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=42299.msg1200866#msg1200866 date=1287499026]
well he isn't coming here so it's a case of whether he goes to chelsea or man city because I can't see him moving abroad.
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There's no way he'd pass up an offer from The Old Lady of Turin.
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Hahaha!
 
Oh he's not gonna leave.

The old man is knows exactly what he's doing. Letting Rooney know that he's publically accepting him leaving takes all the power away from Rooney with the contract negociations. Makes Rooney realise he has less bargaining power than he thought, that Fergie won't let him hold the club ransom and instead accepts that he will leave. Rooney suddenly knows his place again, shuts his face and signs a new contract paying him a salary that Utd are happy with.

If I was a gambling person, I'd bet anyone big that Rooney will not be leaving.
 
[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=42299.msg1200897#msg1200897 date=1287500675]
Oh he's not gonna leave.

The old man is knows exactly what he's doing. Letting Rooney know that he's publically accepting him leaving takes all the power away from Rooney with the contract negociations. Makes Rooney realise he has less bargaining power than he thought, that Fergie won't let him hold the club ransom and instead accepts that he will leave. Rooney suddenly knows his place again, shuts his face and signs a new contract paying him a salary that Utd are happy with.

If I was a gambling person, I'd bet anyone big that Rooney will not be leaving.
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You can 9/2 at William Hill that he'll start at Old Toilet again next season.
 
Was told weeks ago he was leaving, and Barcelona new this and are meant to have an agreement to sign him if he wants to go there
 
their is no way in hell, Fergie would sell him to either Chelsea or Man city... not a chance...

Arguably Man UTD's two biggest Rivals..

He will go abroad.. IF he leaves..
 
Fresh off the Beeb..
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed Wayne Rooney wants to quit Manchester United.
The Old Trafford boss admitted he was "shocked" and "disappointed" to hear the news but said he had not fallen out with the 24-year-old England striker.
"We are as bemused as anyone can be, we can't quite understand why he would want to leave," said the Scot.
Ferguson said the "door is still open" for Rooney, who will miss Wednesday's Champions League game with Bursaspor after being carried off in training.
The forward suffered minor ankle damage at the end of the session and will sit out the European tie at Old Trafford.


Rooney's future has been the subject of intense speculation over the last few days following reports that he was not prepared to sign a new contract.
His current deal is due to finish at the end of the 2011/12 campaign.
In an interview with MUTV filmed before he spoke to the media, Ferguson said United chief executive David Gill had told him about Rooney's decision not to sign a new contract back in the summer.

"I was in the office on 14 August and David phoned me to say he [Rooney] wasn't signing a contract," confirmed Ferguson.
"I was dumbfounded. Only months before he was saying he was at the greatest club in the world."
Having learned of Rooney's desire to go, Ferguson requested to speak to the player.
"Dealing with the next step was always going to be decisive for us, how we dealt with the situation," he said.


"I asked to have a meeting with the boy and he reiterated what his agent said, that he wanted to go.
"The one thing I said to him was 'respect this club, I don't want any nonsense from you'.
"I don't know if he has done that. I have doubts on that, we are reading all these things about falling out with me and all that nonsense.
"It's disappointing because we have done everything we possibly can to help Wayne Rooney ever since he came to the club.
"We have always been here as a harbour for him any time he has been in trouble, the advice we have given him. I was even prepared to give him financial advice.
"But it's not just Wayne Rooney, we have done that for all the players. Wayne has been the beneficiary of that, just as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes have... so there has been no falling out.
"So there we are, we have got into a situation where we had to clarify this for our fans because what we saw on Saturday was unacceptable.

"When we got to 2-2 [against West Brom] and they were chanting Wayne Rooney, it's a pressure on the players and didn't do the team any good so we had to clarify the situation and put it right."

Rooney's decision has clearly had a big impact on Ferguson, who signed the player from Everton in August 2004. United paid the Toffees £25.6m for the 18-year-old, a world record fee for a player aged under 20.

"We've done nothing but help him since he's been at this club," said Ferguson, who has not given up hope of Rooney remaining at Old Trafford.
"We cannot quite understand why he would want to leave. No-one can deny this club is one of the most successful in British football.
"We have won 40 major trophies, countless cup finals, have a fantastic history, a great stadium, great training arrangements.
"We don't understand it. I can't answer any questions about why he is doing it. We can speculate. We can have opinions. It won't matter a dickie-bird, simply because the player is adamant he wants to leave."


However, Ferguson added: "I feel that we still have to keep the door open for him, especially as he's such a good player."

Rooney has been a key figure for United, helping them to win the Premier League in 2007, 2008 and 2009 as well as the coveted Champions League in 2008.
He enjoyed a stellar 2009-10 season, scoring 34 goals for his club, although he did not find the net after injuring his ankle in a Champions League game against Bayern Munich in March.

He endured a poor World Cup in South Africa in the summer, failing to find the net in four games, before being hit by a wave of lurid allegations about his private life at the start of the new season.

Consequently, Rooney was dropped for United's Premier League fixture against his old club Everton in September as well as subsequent fixtures, with Ferguson claiming the striker had an ankle injury.

However, last Tuesday, after England's 0-0 draw against Montenegro in a Euro 2010 qualifier at Wembley, Rooney contradicted the Scot's stat
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[quote author=jono@home link=topic=42299.msg1200912#msg1200912 date=1287501621]
their is no way in hell, Fergie would sell him to either Chelsea or Man city... not a chance...

Arguably Man UTD's two biggest Rivals..

He will go abroad.. IF he leaves..
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He can buy his contract out for 5m in 6 months. He can go where he wants, not where Bacon Face tells him.
 
At least he is unhappy and wants to leave, even if he signs a new contract now he may well leave soon like Ronaldo did.
 
Roy Hodgson must be the luckiest manager alive. Once again the football media wont focus on his poor performance and will be focused on the Rooney saga.
 
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