Fergie In A £25m Bid For Rooney

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Feb 15 2004

By Andy Dunn


MANCHESTER UNITED are lining up a sensational £25million summer swoop for Wayne Rooney.

And Everton know they face a grim battle to hang on to their England superstar.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a long-time admirer of the teenage striker and Rooney's astonishing second-half display against United last week cemented his place at the top of the Old Trafford wish-list.

And I understand that even senior United players have been lobbying the management to make a move.

Rooney has pledged his loyalty to Everton and the Goodison Park club have insisted he is not for sale.

But their hand could be forced when Rooney's advisers open talks on a new Everton contract this summer.

Negotiations will begin at the end of the season and Rooney's people are sure to ask for a budget-busting, record-breaking deal.

The highest-paid players at Goodison are Duncan Ferguson and Kevin Campbell ... both on around £35,000 a week. Rooney's agents are bound to ask for more.

Cash-strapped Everton would struggle to meet such demands ... especially if they are relegated.

And Everton directors know they could wipe out their financial shortfalls at a stroke with the sale of Rooney.

Despite his spectacular emergence on to the England scene, Rooney has cut a frustrating figure in the Premiership this season and has not always cemented a starting place in David Moyes' line-up.

The Everton manager continues to treat him with kid gloves even though his side are plummeting towards the danger zone. Despite the fact that Rooney has two years left on his £13,000-a-week contract, it was always understood that Everton would renegotiate the deal after his 18th birthday - which was back in October. Privately, Chelsea have already made it clear that they want to be at the head of the queue should Rooney become available.

But United believe they will have the upper hand because Rooney could still live on Merseyside, where he has just bought a new £700,000 house.

Ferguson puts great store in the opinion of his senior players.

And his large England contingent have returned to Old Trafford telling tales of Rooney's incredible talent.


Source: The People
 
Man Utd line up £25M bid for Everton whiz Rooney
tribalfootball.com - February 15, 2004

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to move for Everton whiz-kid Wayne Rooney.
The People says Ferguson is in talks with chief executive David Gill about a potential £25 million bid for the teenage England international.

Ferguson was taken aback by Rooney's ability after the 18 year-old inspired Everton's second-half comeback against United last weekend.



not too sure about him
would prefer robben and joaquin

def not worth 25m
 
Melvinyeo said:
feck!!

Surely not the fat bastard?

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I kinda agree.

I'd rather we spend (that's if we've got £25m) on either VDV or Joaquin and a good defender.
 
Nate Dogg said:
I kinda agree.

I'd rather we spend (that's if we've got £25m) on either VDV or Joaquin and a good defender.
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Agreed.

feck 25 million for VDV is 100000000000000000000000000000000000000 zillion times better than 25 million for that fat scouse bastard
 
With the purchase of Saha, we don't need another striker.

If we get Robben and another defender in the summer, we're sorted for next season.
 
£25 million for Rooney??, thats the most stupid quote I have seen for a long time. The fat slob is not worth more than £10mil and that is with all the hype around him.
 
TBH, it was Rooney's insertion last weekend that turned a 3-0 deficit to a 3-3 draw. He's got the talent to be world class. That said, he doesn't fit in the side at United right now. I'd rather get Torres or Tevez than Rooney if they were looking for a young striker. But they got a young striker in Saha.

For 25 million, I figure United could get Robben and make a bid for Chivu. Or Joaquin and Mexes.
 
Rooney would thrive in a team of United's quality. I would like to see us get him, but maybe not at that price.
 
Obviously a great player but thats similar to the total amount i expected utd to spend next summer. If true and robben arrives and a good defender too we are looking 40-50m pounds total. I find that way too much without seeing some valued player leaving
 
Nate Dogg said:
MANCHESTER UNITED are lining up a sensational £25million summer swoop for Wayne Rooney
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I thought we were going to get him this year with Butt going the other way in the transfer window just passed. But he got booed and called a 'fat scouser bastard' all the way through the match at OT. I think that may have halted any interest from both parties.
 
Prices for players don't really interest me.

But Rooney is quality and would be an absolutely sensational player for United.

I have at matches and seen him come off the bench against us twice -- both times he came one and was easily the best player on the pitch.
 
love to have him here. he would be brilliant. he's one of the best players in the england team whereby he is with players of a higher calibre to everton. imagine what he could do here. putting away that he's a scouser, he would be brilliant here. BRING him here Fergie. hopefully we'll get him at a lower price to the one quoted.
 
A very talented young player but for 25 million pound ?!?!

I rather we go for robben/vdvaart or another promising defender...
 
We may need a replacement for Forlan remember. Whether Rooney is that replacement or not remains to be seen. I hope not.

Robben and VDV would cover Forlan's position very well indeed.
 
It wont happen, end of. 25M for a reserve, are we becoming mad?

Ill sign Rooney for 25m only if Everton accept to feed him for the rest of his Career at OT ;)
 
if United din't have Saha, then I would have loved it, as Rooney is talent. But I don't know, 25m seems a bit too much for Rooney, wouldn't pay more than 15m
 
Funny isn't it? Two schools of thought. One, that Rooney is a great player at the age of 18 and will only get better and better. Another, that he's not worth 25m, probably because he is a scouser. What a load of misguided rubbish the latter is. Rooney is rightly considered one of the greatest talents in England since Paul Gascoigne by many, especially by those who can offer an objective view on the game. Rooney would be a brilliant sigining for us and as one poster already said, who cares about the price? This isn't CM. This isn't your club to manage and you are not controlling the finances. If we've got the money and we want the player, let's try and get him.
 
Dans said:
Funny isn't it? Two schools of thought. One, that Rooney is a great player at the age of 18 and will only get better and better. Another, that he's not worth 25m, probably because he is a scouser. What a load of misguided rubbish the latter is. Rooney is rightly considered one of the greatest talents in England since Paul Gascoigne by many, especially by those who can offer an objective view on the game. Rooney would be a brilliant sigining for us and as one poster already said, who cares about the price? This isn't CM. This isn't your club to manage and you are not controlling the finances. If we've got the money and we want the player, let's try and get him.
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I believe that it all boils to one simple question.
Do you think that it is worthwhile to sign Rooney at 25m?

There is no doubt that Rooney would be a reasonable good player, although Id wait before labelling him as the next big thing. I mean many were those players who were labelled as Everton’s answer to Mickey Owen, from Jeffers to Cadamarteri right to Radzinski yet none of these players had fulfilled that expectation. Right?

Rooney may have the raw talent to become special, but in my opinion 25m is a bit too much for him. I mean we are talking about a player who is struggling to break into Everton’s team. A player who despite scoring some important goals seems struggling to keep up with the consistency needed in every EPL’s standard player. And by only saying that we are ignoring the fact that Rooney’s negative attitude (his aggressivity and the fact that he is getting fat by the minute) are unacceptable, and difficult to be tackled.

I know that I am being a bit too harsh about an 18 year old, but feck we are talking about a 25m investment. In today’s football 25m is a hell of a sum, and at half that price you can bring a young ready-made world-class striker.

I agree with you that many here are stressing too much about the fact that Rooney is a Scouser. Yet, this fact should be given its weight. I mean, it would be difficult for any Scouser to give his heart and soul to our cause and this should be taken in account especially if we hope to sign him for 25m

10m would be the right price for him
 
Dans said:
Funny isn't it? Two schools of thought. One, that Rooney is a great player at the age of 18 and will only get better and better. Another, that he's not worth 25m, probably because he is a scouser. What a load of misguided rubbish the latter is. Rooney is rightly considered one of the greatest talents in England since Paul Gascoigne by many, especially by those who can offer an objective view on the game. Rooney would be a brilliant sigining for us and as one poster already said, who cares about the price? This isn't CM. This isn't your club to manage and you are not controlling the finances. If we've got the money and we want the player, let's try and get him.
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sounds sensible. its ferguson's call and if he has seen something special for us in rooney he will have had words with moyes by now.
ieither way i for one back his judgement.
 
devilish said:
There is no doubt that Rooney would be a reasonable good player, although Id wait before labelling him as the next big thing. I mean many were those players who were labelled as Everton’s answer to Mickey Owen, from Jeffers to Cadamarteri right to Radzinski yet none of these players had fulfilled that expectation. Right?

I agree with you that many here are stressing too much about the fact that Rooney is a Scouser. Yet, this fact should be given its weight. I mean, it would be difficult for any Scouser to give his heart and soul to our cause and this should be taken in account especially if we hope to sign him for 25m

10m would be the right price for him
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What a load of nonsense...

No, none of those players mentioned were seriously considered to be Everton's answer to Owen - or certainly not by anyone other than die-hard Everton fans. To mention Rooney in relation to them is daft to the extreme.

Why would it be difficult for any scouser to play for you lot? Maybe there's be a problem if he was a Red, but he's not...makes no sense at all

And 10m is obviously not the right price for him. What a stupid claim. Everton would never sell him for that...

I hope you don't get him....although there is obviously an amusing side to it
 
Whatever his qualities and value are, I can't see it happening.
 
Davo said:
What a load of nonsense...

No, none of those players mentioned were seriously considered to be Everton's answer to Owen - or certainly not by anyone other than die-hard Everton fans. To mention Rooney in relation to them is daft to the extreme.

Why would it be difficult for any scouser to play for you lot? Maybe there's be a problem if he was a Red, but he's not...makes no sense at all

And 10m is obviously not the right price for him. What a stupid claim. Everton would never sell him for that...

I hope you don't get him....although there is obviously an amusing side to it
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Rooney isnt worth more than 10m, feckin sake, we are talking about an Everton’s reserve! Ok the talent is there, ok he may become a great player but its still premature to start bidding ridiculous money for him. We are talking about an 18 year old, who can hold a place with Everton and whose manager is finding it hard to restrain his negative attitude (staying out of the limelight, refrain his aggressivity, not getting fat)

I know that I am being too harsh with Rooney, I mean he is still so young. But despite having faith in his talent, the money on stake is feckin too much. At half that price you can get ready made young world-class players and not a gamble.
 
devilish said:
Rooney isnt worth more than 10m, feckin sake, we are talking about an Everton’s reserve! Ok the talent is there, ok he may become a great player but its still premature to start bidding ridiculous money for him. We are talking about an 18 year old, who can hold a place with Everton and whose manager is finding it hard to restrain his negative attitude (staying out of the limelight, refrain his aggressivity, not getting fat)

I know that I am being too harsh with Rooney, I mean he is still so young. But despite having faith in his talent, the money on stake is feckin too much. At half that price you can get ready made young world-class players and not a gamble.
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Again, nonsense

He's not a reserve...Moyes is protecting him, therefore he is not playing every match....far cry from being a reserve. He is already recognised as Everton's outstanding player, and rightly so. Is Ronaldo a reserve for you?

Its pointless citing a 10m figure, as he'll clearly command a much higher fee
 
Davo said:
Its pointless citing a 10m figure, as he'll clearly command a much higher fee
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Do you think that we will sign him though? I dont.
 
Devilish, do you happen to know where Steve Coppell was born? Do you know who Steve Coppell was?
 
I apologize if I am hurting your patriotism but in this buyers market that is the price for an excellent (not outstanding) yet still raw Rooney.

Mind you Rooney have showed that he is a genuine talent. He has a good technique, he is fast enough and has a special eye to goal. But you really need to be a fenomeno for a club to offer a 25m fee for an 18 year old, and Rooney falls short when compared to an 18 year old Owen, Ronaldo or Henry, the only three strikers which I would have spent 25m for (at that age)

10m - 12m is a much more realistic bid
 
Dans said:
Funny isn't it? Two schools of thought. One, that Rooney is a great player at the age of 18 and will only get better and better. Another, that he's not worth 25m, probably because he is a scouser. What a load of misguided rubbish the latter is. Rooney is rightly considered one of the greatest talents in England since Paul Gascoigne by many, especially by those who can offer an objective view on the game. Rooney would be a brilliant sigining for us and as one poster already said, who cares about the price? This isn't CM. This isn't your club to manage and you are not controlling the finances. If we've got the money and we want the player, let's try and get him.
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Completely agree. Roooney is outstanding. Best English player I have seen in a long long time. He will get better and better if he starts to play for a superior team to Everton.
 
devilish said:
I apologize if I am hurting your patriotism but in this buyers market that is the price for an excellent (not outstanding) yet still raw Rooney.

Mind you Rooney have showed that he is a genuine talent. He has a good technique, he is fast enough and has a special eye to goal. But you really need to be a fenomeno for a club to offer a 25m fee for an 18 year old, and Rooney falls short when compared to an 18 year old Owen, Ronaldo or Henry, the only three strikers which I would have spent 25m for (at that age)

10m - 12m is a much more realistic bid
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Its a totally unrealistic bid, and would be laughed at...

This isn't hard to understand
 
Davo said:
Its a totally unrealistic bid, and would be laughed at...

This isn't hard to understand
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Then let it be laughed at.


There are other options, I mean Rooney is not the only young striker in the world.
 
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