Relax we still would have Berbatov left. 
on topic- i see Rooney going nowhere. Imo he is attached to this club by an emotional bond.
on topic- i see Rooney going nowhere. Imo he is attached to this club by an emotional bond.
Madrid are preparing a £95m bid for Rooney
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I agree, all hell would let loose if the Glazers sold Rooney it would be more than most supporters could bear and even SAF couldnt smooth that one out for them
Relax we still would have Berbatov left.
on topic- i see Rooney going nowhere. Imo he is attached to this club by an emotional bond.
Once a blue, always a....
i see what you did there
Can we all just take a moment and just imagine Wayne Rooney, thats our Wayne Rooney living in Madrid? hes barely got to grips with the language in this country and that’s after 24 years for christ sake.
It aint happening, i cant belive the number of folk whove actually taken this seriously
......
only on the cafe!
It aint happening, i cant belive the number of folk whove actually taken this seriously
......only on the cafe!
But the Glazers Afo, THE GLAZERS!Can we all just take a moment and just imagine Wayne Rooney, thats our Wayne Rooney living in Madrid? hes barely got to grips with the language in this country and that’s after 24 years for christ sake.
It aint happening, i cant belive the number of folk whove actually taken this seriously
only on the cafe!
95 m is enough, would be irresponsible to reject that offer
Arrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggg!!!
Those fecking yank cnuts should be strung up by their cauliflower bean bags!
If Rooney leaves we would still have Berba and Diouf
Not to forget that we would have 150m to invest and no value to invest in
Nothing wrong with Diouf.
Still my favourite bit of the thread.
Right this calls for desperate measures.
Someone needs to ask Guillem Ballague if he know's anything. If he says its happening, we're ok
Someone needs to ask Guillem Ballague if he know's anything. If he says its happening, we're ok
I don't believe this for a second, and he wouldn't go anyway.
But if it were true for talk sake, and we were to accept......then Ronaldo and Huguain as part of the deal
But if it were true for talk sake, and we were to accept......then Ronaldo and Huguain as part of the deal
95 million is enough to seal a fate no Manchester United fan wants to witness? I don't think so.
It'd be an admittance that alongside having a desperate need for money we no longer have the ability to hold onto our key players, considering Rooney is a player who has expressed no interest in ever leaving United (unlike Ronaldo) losing Rooney to any bid would be symbolically catastrophic for our club, the ultimate Glazier win if you will.
It would ruin the Glazers to accept such an offer.
Would cause MASS protest throughout the World, season tickets would finally take a serious hit, people would actually start boycotting matches.
For the first time in years, Manchester United wouldn't have a 'star player'.
They'd never be stupid enough to do it.
Would cause MASS protest throughout the World, season tickets would finally take a serious hit, people would actually start boycotting matches.
For the first time in years, Manchester United wouldn't have a 'star player'.
They'd never be stupid enough to do it.
When the chips are down they hold all the cards in fairness.
It wouldn't ruin the Glaziers financially, but it would strike a massive blow to the fans and the image of our club around the world.
sounds like a good deal to me. We'd be mad not to accept.
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Good deal, Rooney will say no though, and I imagine SAF will dig his heels in to support him.
As if Rooney would go to Madrid. And as if we'd sell him. An unattached Iberian pushing for a move there is one thing...Shit would go off if he did leave, that's for sure
Hmmm... thought he was a Benfica fan, who aren't anyway affiliated with La Liga.
I reckon SAF would resign if the Glazers accepted a bid for Rooney against the player's wish. And that would have a huge financial impact on the club.
95 million is a lot of money.....maybe we can get a player or two plus 80+ million if they are serious......heck we could even throw Berbaflop in to carry Wayne's bags to the airport.
They can accept a bid but Rooney doesn't have to agree to go.
Oh comeon Marcie he always wanted to play in the Liga.
You can't make any player accept a bid "against their wishes" - all you can do is piss them off enough to make them want to leave, and then you don't get to pick and choose the club or the price.
If United accept the bid Rooney would go, there is no doubt about that. Firstly he would be entitled to 15% of the fee if he didn't request a transfer, so 14 million quid in his bank. Then he would probably earn double his UK salary at Madrid and pay less tax.
That is a lot of money to turn down.
perhaps this is heresy, but is rooney (or any player ever, for that matter) actually worth 95 million quid?
Only god knows
"no doubt about that", my arse.
Believe it or not, not every footballer makes decisions based on how much money they can earn.
Of course not, but when something unique is wanted by two or more parties the price is set by what the buyer is willing to pay and what the seller is willing to reject.
I can tell you that when Real Madrid surveyed their members at the end of the season on "best value for money" - Albiol and Ronaldo came out top - football's not about rational things.
true, but i am referring more to Madrid's actual willingness to pay this much money for rooney. is he, for instance, worth 15 million more than ronaldo? not so sure, myself...
If that was the case City really would be able to buy whoever they wanted.
In any case they wouldn't double his money, particularly as it would affect its image rights income, the tax break has gone and the after tax slice of the transfer fee is about half of his annual income. Nobody gives up a life they're enjoying for 6 months pay unless they have to.
If it's what the market dictates. In the states baseball players have moved for obscene amounts (they were transfering players for hundreds of millions when we thought 20 million was to much) in a game where they make a hell of a lot less money.
I've seen nothing in the Spanish press to suggest that Madrid have any interest in Rooney.
Marca dutifully report the rumours from the English press in single para soundbites - they think it's hilarious that the English press are using Madrid as the bogeyman who's going to buy every Premier League star man.
They do gossip themselves about Lampard and Gerrard though - but that's as part of a list of about half a dozen midfielders who they think Madrid will want one of.
In the market nowadays, fair value is hardly paid anyways. Every mediocre player has a 20-30m price tag nowadays
Most of them do.
can't see RM shelling out that kind of cash, the glazers taking it or rooney wanting to leave, in all honesty. very much a nothing story, except that it shows that the crazy money involved in the ronnie transfer shows no signs of slowing down...
If that was true there'd be a LOT more English footballers on the continent than there is right now.
There would also be more Spaniards in Serie A, Italians in La Liga etc. etc. etc.
And Berbatov would be playing at City with Kaka.